Boysenberry Meringue Pie Recipes

Steps:

• In a saucepan, combine water, sugar, salt, corn syrup and lemon juice. Bring to a boil.
• Combine cornstarch and water. Blend thoroughly.Add frozen boysenberries.
• Pour both mixtures into unbaked 9 inch pie crust. Cover with second top crust and seal well around the edges. Make several slashes in the top to release steam.
• Bake in a preheated 400 degree F oven for 40 minutes until top is golden brown. Cool on a rack.

Steps:

• For filling:
• Beat egg and yolks in small bowl to blend. Dissolve cornstarch in lemon juice in small bowl. Mix into eggs. Puree berries and sugar in blender. Strain puree through a fine sieve into medium saucepan. Add butter and bring to simmer over medium-high heat. Slowly whisk hot berry mixture into egg mixture. Return mixture to same saucepan and cook until filling is very thick and boils, whisking constantly, about 3 minutes. Transfer filling to small bowl. Press plastic wrap directly onto surface to prevent skin from forming; refrigerate at least 6 hours. (Can be prepared 1 day ahead.)
• For crust:
• Blend flour, sugar and salt in processor. Add butter and lemon peel and process using on/off turns until coarse meal forms. Add lemon juice and process until moist clumps form. Gather into ball; flatten into disk. Wrap dough in plastic and refrigerate 45 minutes. (Can be prepared 1 day ahead. Let soften slightly at room temperature before continuing.)
• Position rack in center of oven and preheat to 350°F. Roll dough out on lightly floured surface to 1/8-inch-thick round. Fold dough over rolling pin and transfer to 9x1-inch tart pan with removable bottom. Gently press dough into pan. Trim and finish edges. Chill 15 minutes. Line dough with foil and fill with dry beans or pie weights. Bake 15 minutes. Remove beans and foil and bake until crust is golden, about 20 minutes longer. Transfer crust to rack and cool.
• Spread filling evenly in crust. Arrange strawberries, cut side down, in irregular pattern on filling. Fill in with raspberries and boysenberries. Tuck peach slices between berries. Stir currant jelly in heavy small saucepan over low heat until melted. Brush jelly over fruit to glaze. (Can be prepared 3 hours ahead. Refrigerate.)

Steps:

• 1. SWEET PASTRY. Sieve flour n salt. Grate butter, rub in until crumb texture. make a well in centre. Beat sugar n egg till sugar disolves. Pour egg and icing sugar into well. Gently mix to firm dough. Wrap in cling wrap n rest 20 mins in fridge.
• 2. PIE CASING. Line 20 cm flan ring with pastry n bake blind.
• 3. FILLING. Open boysenberries, mash, boil with a little of water and 120 gm sugar. Mix cornflour with rest of water. Add to boysenberries, stir until thickened. Add n stir in melted butter, remove from heat. Whisk in yolks, pour in to pie casing in flan. leave to set.
• 4. MERINGUE. Whisk egg whites salt n lemon juice until soft peaks. Whisk in small amounts of sugar, ensure all dissolved Before adding more sugar each time. Pipe on to flan. Bake in preheated oven for a few mins 230c to set n colour peaks of meringue. Cool, dust with icing sugar.

Steps:

• Heat oven to 180C/fan160C/gas 4. Roll out the pastry on a lightly floured surface, then use it to line a 23cm loose-bottom tart tin. Line with non-stick baking parchment and baking beans, then bake for 15 mins. Remove the beans, then cook for 10 mins more until golden. Remove from the oven, then reduce the heat to 140C/fan 120C/gas 1.
• While the case is cooking, heat the butter and brown sugar in a shallow pan. When the sugar has completely dissolved, throw in the gooseberries and toss in the caramel. Cook for a few mins until they start to split, but before they have burst completely. Remove from heat and leave to cool. Once cool give them a stir, then tip into pastry case.
• For the meringue topping, whisk the egg whites to soft peaks. Whisk in the caster sugar a spoonful at a time, then whisk in the cornflour. Carefully blob the meringue over the gooseberries and gently spread to cover. Bake for about 40 mins until the meringue is cooked and lightly browned.