Vegan Lemon Meringue Slice

What? A meringue, with no eggs? Everyone will love this easy, zesty dessert that substitutes chickpea liquid for egg whites.

The ingredient of Vegan Lemon Meringue Slice

• 1 cup plain flour
• 1 4 tsp baking powder
• 1 2 cup desiccated coconut
• 1 1 2 cups caster sugar
• 1 2 cup coconut oil
• 2 tsp vanilla extract
• 1 3 cup cornflour
• 1 tbsp finely grated lemon rind
• 3 4 cup lemon juice
• 1 cup coconut milk
• yellow vegan food colouring see notes
• 400g can chickpeas
• 1 2 tsp cream of tartar
• 1 cup icing sugar mixture

The Instruction of vegan lemon meringue slice

• preheat oven to 180c 160c fan forced grease a 16cm x 26cm slice pan line base and sides with baking paper extending paper 2cm above edges of pan on all sides sift flour and baking powder into a bowl stir in coconut and 1 2 cup caster sugar add coconut oil and half the vanilla stir until well combined and a soft dough forms press mixture into base of prepared pan bake for 15 to 17 minutes or until golden see notes set aside to cool completely
• place cornflour lemon rind and remaining caster sugar in a heavy based saucepan gradually stir in lemon juice and coconut milk using food colouring tint mixture pale yellow place over medium heat stir for 1 to 2 minutes or until sugar dissolves increase heat to medium high cook stirring constantly for 5 minutes or until mixture just bubbles and thickens working quickly spoon over base in pan smooth top refrigerate for 2 hours or until set
• drain chickpeas over a bowl to reserve liquid youu2019ll need 1 2 cup liquid transfer chickpeas to an airtight container and store in the fridge for another use using an electric mixer beat chickpea liquid for 5 minutes or until white and foamy and soft peaks form add cream of tartar beat to combine gradually add icing sugar 1 4 cup at a time beating until stiff glossy peaks form beat in remaining vanilla
• remove slice from pan and place on a board spoon u2018meringueu2019 mixture onto slice using a spatula spread to cover lemon mixture using a kitchen blow torch brown u2018meringueu2019 see notes stand for 20 minutes cut into squares serve

Nutritions of Vegan Lemon Meringue Slice

fatContent: 206 735 calories
saturatedFatContent: 9 3 grams fat
carbohydrateContent: 8 4 grams saturated fat
sugarContent: 29 7 grams carbohydrates
fibreContent: n a
proteinContent: n a
cholesterolContent: 1 2 grams protein
sodiumContent: n a

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