apples looking a bit scruffy, but in fact they were delicious when I cooked them with some passsionfruit pulp,
and the grapefruit (shown with a lemon to indicate size - they're HUGE)
are destined for a
Grapefruit Meringue Pie.
Base: You may well have a favourite, but I like the crushed biscuit version.
1 1/2 cups biscuit crumbs
5 oz (125 gm) melted butter
1 tsp ground ginger
1/2 tsp ground allspice
You know what to do with this... Refrigerate it till firm.
Filling:
1/2 cup grapefruit juice or rind and juice
1 cup water
1/3 cup sugar
25g butter
3 tbsp cornflour
Combine all and cook while stirring over direct heat until thick and transparent. Add yolks of 2 eggs and stir over boiling water till thick.
Pour into the crust when cool.
Top with a meringue made with 2 egg yolks and 1/4 cup sugar, beaten together, piled onto the grapefruit filling, and then lightly grilled to brown it.
Beats lemon varieties hands down!
Sorry - as is normal in our household, we fell upon the finished article and devoured it before a photo could be taken.
5 comments:
yum yum...i picked a grapefruit yesterday and ate it at the bench with teaspoon. Aren't they beautiful? ann
they're really sweet - what's the variety?
by the way did you try the recipe???
no I haven't .Are you joking? I have been told by another blonde that they are supposed to fall off the tree as grapefruit meringue pie.
The variety is citris bloodius oldus grapusfruitus
so was it a blonde who planted the tree for you? And what did she tell you would fall off the tomato vines - Bloody Mary's??
Also I think she was mis-informed - I did some research and the variety is actually citrus paradiso volcanicus "Gin and Tonic"
Enjoy!
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