Cape Gooseberry Elderflower Meringue Pie

Name: Cape Gooseberry Elderflower Meringue Pie
Yield: Serves 8
Ingredients: 1 recipe, single-crust pie dough (see Ingredient Note below); ¾ cup (5¼ ounces; 149 grams), sugar, divided; 3 tablespoons low- or no-sugar-needed, fruit pectin; 2½ pounds (1134 grams), Cape gooseberries, husks and stems removed, rinsed well, and dried, divided; 1 teaspoon, grated lemon zest plus ¼ cup juice (2 lemons); ¼ teaspoon, table salt; ⅓ cup, water; 2½ teaspoons, cornstarch; 3 , large egg whites; ½ teaspoon, vanilla extract; ¼ teaspoon, cream of tartar; ⅓ cup (2⅓ ounces; 66 grams), sugar; 2½ tablespoons, elderflower liqueur (optional)

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SERVES8

TIME2½ hours, 30 minutes chilling, and 4 hours cooling

Cape Gooseberry Elderflower Meringue Pie

A cookbook recipe exclusively for All-Access members from The Perfect Pie

WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

You might know them as husk cherries depending on where in the country you live, but this relative of the tomatillo (no, this pie doesn't taste anything like salsa) is a fantastic fruit, one which tastes slightly tropical with a bit of acid...

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