Ingredients

• 1/2 cup - butter
• 3 tbsp - powdered sugar
• 2 - egg yolks
• 1 1/4 cups - sifted flour
• 1/3 cup - almonds (or cashewnuts), chopped
• 3 tsp - lemon rind
• 2 - egg whites
• 5 - large apples
• 5 tbsp - sugar
• 2 tsp - lemon juice
• 4 - egg whites
• 1/2 cup - sugar

How to Make Apple Meringue Dessert

• Beat butter together with powdered sugar and 2 egg yolks till light and fluffy.
• Add sifted flour, almonds (or cashew nuts), chopped, and 3 tsp. lemon rind. Press into a baking tin.
• Brush with a lightly beaten egg white.
• Bake at 180 degree C for 15 mins. Cool.
• Boiling the apples, skinned and cut into slices, with 5 tbsp. sugar till apples are tender but not broken. Cool.
• Add 2 tbsps. lemon juice to apples.
• Arrange apples on baked crust.
• Beat 4 egg whites till foamy.
• Beat in 1/2 cup sugar till it reaches meringue consistency (very stiff and glossy).
• Arrange meringue on apples.
• Bake at 180 degrees C for 10-15 mins. till golden brown. Serve hot.