Frozen Lemon Meringue with mascarpone

Yes these Frozen Lemon Meringue with mascarpone are crazy good . Start the day before you need them to freeze the amazing lemon ice cream.

Make these Frozen Lemon Meringues for your family

Being a close ( or crazy family)when I was growing up, we all lived within a small radius of a few houses. My Aunties, Grandmother and Great Grandmother were all within earshot of each other. This came about due to the fact that the area was predominately market gardens when they all settled  here from England in the early 1900’s.

Nanna Dearest…. as she liked to be called was beside us, with her chickens and fruit trees. There was a lemon tree in the yard between our place and my hers, it was a sort of fence in a way.  It was in a thoroughfare, a place you had to walk . If you weren’t walking past then a ball was probably stuck under its fruit filled branches or the cat was up it and needed rescuing.

This tree scared the hell out of us, as  it was full of stink bugs that flew at us and spayed a toxic smelling spray. My Grandfather preferred not to treat them with chemicals, but was seen on the odd occasion with a pair of tongs, his beekeepers hat and a plastic bag to pick the smelly things off. We knew to stay well clear, as this caused the remaining bugs to try to hurtle towards the swearing man in the hat. My Grandfather got into trouble for swearing around us, but I thought the swearing was better than the chemicals.

The smell of a home grown lemon can take me back to this time  with just one sniff…..

This Lemon dessert, smells of sweet lemon and tastes even better, it is my twist on Lemon Meringue Pie. A frozen Lemon Mascarpone Parfait with Meringue to finish.

Frozen Lemon Meringue with Mascarpone

This is an original recipe however I have based the lemon thins recipe on one from Belinda Jefferys- Mix and Bake. This recipe uses Australian cup and spoon measurements

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Servings 6

Ingredients

  

Lemon Thins

• 225 gm flour plain (1.5 cups)
• 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/4 teaspoon bicarb
• 150 gm butter unsalted
• 165 gm castor sugar
• zest of 2 lemons
• 50 ml lemon Juice
• 1 tsp vanilla

Meringue

• 2 whole egg whites
• 165 gm caster sugar

Lemon Mascarpone Parfait

• 250 gm mascarpone 1 container
• 2 lemons zest very finely grated
• 2 lemons juice (use the lemons above)
• 1 cup caster sugar granulated
• 250 gm thickened cream whipping cream
• 4 whole egg yolks

Lemon Caramel Sauce

• 100 gm sugar caster
• 60 ml lemon Juice
• 50 gm butter

Instructions

 

• Set the oven to 180 C/ 350 F Mix the flour. baking powder and soda together.
• Put the softened butter, sugar and zest into the food processor and whizz until white and creamy. Add the eggs and then lemon juice. ( the mixture will curdle).
• Add the dry ingredients and pulse till combined. Pour onto a bench top and roll into a log, wrap and refrigerate till firm. ( the mixture will be quite sticky).
• Cut into thin disks and bake at 180 for about 10-15 minutes. They expand quite a lot. Cut into the shape of your ice cream mould.
• To make the lemon parfait. This is a simple ice cream it's success depends on the beating of the yolks and sugar syrup.
• Beat the yolks in an electric mixer until very light in colour, thick and fluffy.
• Put the sugar and lemon juice into a sauce pan and melt on low without colouring until the sugar has dissolved. Pour the hot sugar syrup over the yolks a dribble at a time while beating until all incorporated. Beat this mixture till cool.
• Put the mascarpone in a separate bowl and whisk in 1/4 of the egg yolks to lighten . Lightly whisk the rest of the yolks into the mascarpone. Don't over mix
• Clean the bowl and beat the cream to soft peak. Fold the cream into the mascarpone mixture . Pour into a loaf mould or individual moulds.
• Freeze overnight.
• Beat the whites till lightly foamy and white. Gradually start adding the sugar until the meringue is glossy and thick.
• To Assemble
• First pipe some meringue onto 6 biscuits. Using a blowtorch brown the meringue or pop under a hot grill till coloured.
• Put another 6 discs of lemon thins onto a plate. Top with the Lemon Mascarpone parfait, then top with the meringue layer.
• Serve this with fruit ( quinces or raspberries or strawberries or with lemon caramel sauce if you can handle more sugar) Caramelise the sugar till dark brown, add the lemon juice and cool slightly. Whisk in the butter and cool.