Three-layer apple pie with meringue

Step-by-step cooking

1. Step 1:

   

   Ingredients.

2. Step 2:

   

   For the filling, peel the apples and seeds, cut into slices 2-3 mm thick. Sprinkle with lemon juice so that the apples do not darken.

3. Step 3:

   

   Add cinnamon, flour and mix.

4. Step 4:

   

   Eggs are carefully divided into whites and yolks.

5. Step 5:

   

   For the sand base, beat the soft butter with sugar.

6. Step 6:

   

   Add the yolks one by one, whisking after each.

7. Step 7:

   

   Add sour cream, whisk until smooth.

9. Step 8:

   

   Add lemon zest and flour sifted with baking powder, vanilla and salt.

10. Step 9:

    

    Knead the viscous, sticky dough.

11. Step 10:

    

    We shift the dough into a mold covered with oiled parchment, level it with a spatula.

12. Step 11:

    

    Spread the apple layer on top of the dough. Bake in heated to 180 degrees. oven for about 30 minutes.

13. Step 12:

    

    10 minutes before the end of baking, whisk the whites. Whisk first at the minimum speed of the mixer to soft peaks, gradually increase the speed, add sugar in small portions, without stopping whipping. Whisk the proteins to dense peaks (inverted proteins should be stationary). At the end of whipping, you can add a few grains of citric acid for protein stability.

14. Step 13:

    

    Carefully spread the whipped whites with a spatula on the baked cake with apples, level the top. Put the mold back in the oven for another 20 minutes until a golden crust forms.

15. Step 14:

    

    The cake is completely cooled in the mold, taken out and served to the table. Bon appetit!