Gooseberry Meringue Pie
Gooseberry meringue pie, my hubby’s favorite of all Limburgian pies. Gooseberries are available from mid June until the end of July. I made one in May, so I used canned berries but recipe remains the same. Adjust the amount of sugar to the acidity of the berries, mine were very sour so I used almost 200 grams of sugar!
Ingredients
Filling
- 500gr gooseberries
- 250ml water or gooseberry juice
- 100 – 200 gr sugar
- 30gr starch
- 1 tbsp water
Meringue
- 4 eggwhites
- 300gr sugar
Dough
Find the basic recipe here.
Drain the gooseberries if you use store bought and keep 250ml of the fluid. Heat the water or gooseberry juice with the sugar in a pot or saucepan big enough to fit all the berries in there too. Add a tablespoon of water or juice to the starch and mix it in with the boiling juice. Simmer for about 3 minutes until the mixture has thickened and is clear, then turn off the heat and add the berries. Let it cool down on the stove then let it chill in the fridge until use.
Dough!
Follow the instructions here.
Meringue
Add 50 grams of the sugar to the eggwhites and whisk until the whites slowly start to gain volume. Then slowly add 150 grams of sugar and whisk until soft peaks, then add the remaining amount of sugar and whisk into stiff peaks.
Fill a pipingbag with the meringue and pipe it onto the berry filling. Now you can either pop it under the grill for a few minutes or use a torch to colour the meringue
.
Happy Baking!
