Recipe
Spanish Peach and Almond Meringue Tart
Posted by : unknown
Preparation time : 50 Min
Cooking time : 30 Min
Level of difficulty : High
Ingredients
0 servings
- 1 jar peaches
- Pastry:
- 120gr(4oz) butter
- 3 egg yolks
- 90gr (3oz) sugar
- 200gr(7oz) flour
- 1 tsp baking powder
- Butter for greasing the tin
- Flour for the tin
- Filling:
- 3 egg whites
- 200gr (7oz) sugar
- 250gr(9oz) peeled, ground almonds
- Zest of 1 lemon
Preparation
Pastry:
- Work the butter with the sugar to form a paste. Add the egg yolks one by one and finally the flour mixed with the baking powder.
- Grease a 22cm (9inch) tart pan with a removable base and sprinkle with flour. Line the base and walls with the pastry.
Filling:
- Prepare the almond meringue by beating the egg whites with the sugar until stiff. Add the lemon zest and gently fold in the ground almonds.
- Drain the peaches and slice. Place half the slices on the pastry base and cover with the almond meringue.
- Bake in the oven at 180 degrees celsius (350F) for half an hour.
- Remove and arrange the rest of the peach slices on top. Bake for a further half hour. Cover with a sheet of aluminum foil or greased paper to prevent burning.
- Serve warm
