Sandless pie with fresh strawberries and meringue in the oven

To prepare this beautiful and tasty summer pie, we need the following ingredients: wheat flour, granulated sugar, fresh strawberries, chicken eggs, butter, corn starch, lemon juice and salt.

First of all, you need to thoroughly wash and dry chicken eggs (3 pieces). After that, carefully divide them into proteins and yolks.

On the yolks we will prepare the dough, and still leave the proteins on the table (they will go to the French meringue). How to cook a sand dough without a mixer or blender, look in this step by step recipe. I will use the combine with the nozzle of a metal knife. Add 110 grams of softened (room temperature) butter and 80 grams of small granulated sugar (as an option, powdered sugar) to the bowl. We pierce everything together to a state of delicate, smooth and homogeneous cream.

Then we sift 270 grams of wheat flour (I have the highest grade, but I can also be the first), and we also put a pinch of salt for the balance of tastes.

We quickly break through everything together so that the flour absorbs a creamy mass. If in some places it remains, not so important.

We shift the dough into the shape of the sides (I have with a removable bottom, with a diameter of 23 centimeters). We do not lubricate the shape, since there is a lot of oil in the sand dough. If you see pieces of flour, just quickly intervene them in the dough.

We evenly distribute the dough with your fingers, forming the bottom and walls of the future pie.

At the bottom, we sift approximately 3/4 of the total volume of corn starch (I use 20 grams according to the recipe). So far, we put the form with the dough in the freezer and turn on the oven to heat up 180 degrees. I use the electric, the upper mode+bottom, without convection.

In the meantime, we will engage in fresh strawberries. Pour cold water into the volumetric dish and put the berries. Mix them carefully so that the sand and other garbage settled to the bottom.

We shift clean strawberries to a sieve so that water is water. Only after that we cut off the tails. If you wash the berries without tails, they are very quickly nourished with water, but we do not need it. In total, in a pure and dried form, we need 500 grams of fresh strawberries.

Sprinkle the berries with the remaining corn starch, evenly distributing it along each berry. Just shake the bowl with gently circular movements.

We lay out the battered berries on the sand dough, which was expected to turn in the freezer. We put a strawberry pie in an already preheated oven and bake for about 40 minutes.

In the meantime, we will make the preparation of meringue. We pour three proteins into clean and dry dishes for whipping. Add a pinch of salt and beat with a mixer at speed just above the average for about 4 minutes. During this time, the mass will become light and fluffy, like a foam. For several tricks, without stopping whipping, we pour 150 grams of small sugar.

We make maximum speed and beat the meringue to dense peaks. At the end, add 1 teaspoon of lemon juice and beat for another 1-2 minutes.

As a result, you should get a glossy and stable mass, which holds the shape perfectly and does not move at all.

After about 40 minutes from the beginning of baking, the sand pie with strawberries will be ready.

On top of the berries we put the French meringue. You can, of course, put it with a culinary bag with your favorite nozzle (as, for example, in recipes for a pie with cranberries or with plums), but I wanted to make such a simple hat with an ordinary tablespoon.

We bake the strawberry pie with the same 180 degrees for about 10 minutes so that the Meringue grabs and lightly browned. Immediately after the baking, it will increase in volume, but as the pie cools down, it will settle and take its original shape — this is normal. You can serve such baking even in a warm form, at least completely cooled (or after the refrigerator). After a night spent in the cold, the filling will become more stable, and immediately after baking during a cut from the pie, a lot of strawberry juice will flow out. As for me, both options are good.

Be sure to try this wonderful sand cake with crispy dough, juicy filling and a sweet hat made of sweet meringue. Prepare for health and pleasant to you appetite, friends!