Servings:

6-8

Level of difficulty:

Easy

Ingredients

1 cup of sugar
2 lemons
1 cup of water
1 heaped tablespoon of cornflour
2oz caster sugar
fool proof- use same cup through recipe when using cup.

Method

place a cup of water in a saucepan with a cup of sugar heat until dissolved then add the lemon zest and juice of the lemons,mix the cornflour with alittle water and stir into saucepan boil for 1 min to cook cornflour.take off the heat and leave to cool slightly.seperate the eggs add the egg yolks to the lemon mixture in the saucepan and beat.whisk the egg whites until peaks then add 2oz caster sugar stir in,put lemon mixture into a blind baked pastry case,put whites on top and bake until brown on top gas 3-4.approx 10-15 mins to save time buy pastry or flan case.