Blueberry Cocoa Meringue Pie
- 100 g plain flour (plus extra for dusting)
- 25 g cocoa
- 25 g icing sugar
- 100 g unsalted butter (softened)
- 1 large egg yolk
- 125 ml milk
- 2 large egg yolks
- 1 tablespoon cornflour
- 1 tablespoon plain flour
- 3 tablespoons caster sugar
- 175 g creme fraiche
- 300 g blueberries
- 3 large egg whites
- 125 g caster sugar
- 1 tablespoon cornflour
- cocoa powder, for dusting
- Sieve the flour, cocoa and icing together and a punch of salt together in a bowl, using fingertips break butter into small chunks rub into flour mix , using a knife mix in the egg yolk and 2 teaspoons of cold water to bring the mixture together into a smooth dough warp in cling film and chill for 30 minute.
- Preheat oven to gas mark .
- Roll out pastry onto on a lightly dusted surface and use to line a 20cm tart tin, 4cm deep.
- Line the pastry with non-stick baking paper and ceramic baking of dried beans and bake for 20 minutes.
- Remove baking paper and bean and return to oven for 5 mins until pastry is cooked.
- Leave to cool.
- Turn the oven down to gas mark 4.
- Whisk the milk egg yolks both flours and creme fraiche in a pan until smooth.
- Bring to the boil add half the blueberries and cook stirring constantly and squashing the blueberries until the custard turns a deep purple.
- Add the other half of blueberries and stir again until hot.
- Place the baking pastry case directly onto a baking tray and spoon in the hot blueberry custard.
- For the meringue, whisk the egg whites into a thick frith and gradually add the sugar until very thick and glossy.
- Sieve over corn flour then fold it into the meringue mixture.
- Spoon mixture over custard and spread into peaks.
- Lightly dust with cocoa and bake in over for 15- 20 mins or until just set, leave until cod and then serve.
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Taken from www.food.com/recipe/blueberry-cocoa-meringue-pie-425386 (may not work)