Italian Lemon Meringue Shooters - a classic Italian meringue pie, served in a shooter glass! The perfect spring dessert!
Course
Dessert
Cuisine
Italian
Prep Time30minutes
Cook Time15minutes
Total Time45minutes
Servings4-6
AuthorManuela Zangara
Ingredients
Lemon Meringue Cream
3eggs
125gms– ½ cup of sugar
250ml– 1 cup fresh cream to whip
2lemonsjuiced (you will need ½ glass)
100gms– 3.5 oz. meringues
1tbspBrandy
Peach Sauce
2halved peaches preserved in syruptinned
1tbspof the syrup
Instructions
Put the egg yolks and 100 gms – 3.5 oz. of sugar in a bowl and mix them with an electric mixer till they become creamy and almost white.
In the meantime, squeeze the lemons and filter the juice (you have to obtain ½ a glass of filtered lemon juice). Add it to the yolk mixture together with the brandy and stir until combined.
Put the egg yolk and lemon mixture in a sauce pan and cook it in a double boiler until it thickens and it lightly coats the back of a spoon. Set aside and let it cool down.
In the meantime, whip the cream with the remaining sugar.
When the lemon cream has cooled down, add half of the whipped cream to it and mix.
Crumble the meringue in the remaining half whipped cream and mix.
Put a layer of meringue cream at the bottom of the shooter glass and press it well. Now add a layer of lemon cream and so on. Finish with a layer of meringue cream.
Put the shooters in the fridge to set for a few hours.
For the peach sauce, just blend the peaches with their syrup and filter the sauce. Set aside and refrigerate.
You can decorate it with extra crushed meringues. Serve it with the peach sauce on the top.