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Lemon Meringue Coconut Macaroon Tarts

April 10, 2013 By Korena in the Kitchen 21 Comments

Lemon Meringue Coconut Macaroon TartLemon curd. Toasted meringue. Coconut macaroon. What’s not to love?

(I told you there’d still be plenty of butter and sugar in these parts… no flour in this one though!)

In the course of making these little tarts, the only thing I didn’t really love was that for some reason, my meringue topping just would not whip up to stiff peaks. I started it off by hand with a whisk, because I thought how hard can it be to whip one egg white into a stiff meringue? Apparently it’s pretty hard (and I think I know the reason I’ve ended up with tennis elbow, or more accurately, baker’s elbow!), so I transferred it to the KitchenAid mixer, ending up with sticky meringue on half the utensils in my kitchen, and still only achieved floppy peaks. Nonetheless, the meringue toasted nicely under the broiler, which worked out much better than my failed blow-torch attempt.

I used my wacky creaming method for the lemon curd, and this I did manage to make successfully by hand. And then I made the coconut macaroon tart shells by hand, too. ;)…

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Filed Under: Cakes & Pies, Fruit, Recipes Tagged With: coconut macaron, coconut tart shell, dessert, lemon curd, lemon meringue tarts, recipe, Swiss meringue

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