Rhubarb and coconut meringue tart

Rhubarb and coconut meringue tart

Bittersweet rhubarb is complemented by sweet, soft and fluffy meringue topping and toasted coconut in this gorgeous dessert recipe.

Rhubarb and coconut meringue tart

  • Serves icon Serves 8
  • Time icon Takes 1 hour to make, 1 hour 25 minutes to cook, plus chilling

Bittersweet rhubarb is complemented by sweet, soft and fluffy meringue topping and toasted coconut in this gorgeous dessert recipe.

Nutrition: per serving

Calories
552kcals
Fat
26.8g (17.6g saturated)
Protein
6.5g
Carbohydrates
71.5g (47.9g sugars)
Fibre
4.7g
Salt
0.1g

Ingredients

  • 700g trimmed rhubarb, cut into 3cm pieces
  • 160g golden caster sugar, plus 1 tbsp extra to taste
  • Grated zest and juice of ½ orange
  • 4 tbsp cornflour
  • 4 large free-range egg yolks (use the whites in the meringue)
  • 50g unsalted butter, melted

For the coconut pastry

  • 50g desiccated coconut
  • 200g plain flour, plus extra for dusting
  • 1 tbsp caster sugar
  • 110g unsalted cold butter, cubed
  • About 2 tbsp iced water

For the coconut meringue

  • 3 large free-range egg whites
  • 175g caster sugar
  • 40g desiccated coconut
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Method

  1. For the coconut pastry, put the coconut into a food processor with 1 tbsp of the flour. Pulse to a fine mixture. Mix with the rest of the flour in a large bowl and stir in the sugar. Add the cubed butter and, using your fingertips, rub into the flour until the mixture resembles fine breadcrumbs. Add just enough iced water to bind. Knead briefly until smooth, wrap in cling film, then chill for 20 minutes.
  2. Preheat a baking sheet in the oven to 200°C/fan180°C/gas 6. Roll out the pastry on a lightly floured surface and use to line a 20cm x 3.5cm fluted loose-bottomed tart tin. Chill for 30 minutes. Line the pastry case with baking paper and baking beans or rice and blind-bake for 12 minutes on the baking sheet, then remove the paper and beans/rice and bake for 5 minutes or until crisp and golden. Set aside.
  3. Turn the oven down to 190°C/fan170°C/gas 5. For the filling, mix the rhubarb with 70g of the sugar, and the orange zest and juice. Scatter in a roasting tray and roast for 20 minutes. Purée the rhubarb and its juices in a food processor, then pass through a sieve, pushing the rhubarb through with a wooden spoon into a pan to extract as much as possible. In a small bowl, mix the remaining sugar with the cornflour and enough of the rhubarb purée to make a paste. Return to the pan containing the rest of the rhubarb. Bring to the boil, bubble for a minute, then remove from the heat. Taste and, if it’s too tart, add 1 tbsp more sugar. Mix the egg yolks with the butter, then stir into the rhubarb mixture to make a curd. Scrape into a bowl, cover, cool and chill.
  4. Pour the curd into the pastry case and bake for 30 minutes until set. Cool completely, then chill while you make the meringue (or see tip).
  5. For the meringue, whisk the egg whites until stiff, add 1 tbsp of the sugar, then whisk until stiff again. Add the remaining sugar in this way. Fold through the coconut and spoon the meringue over the rhubarb curd to form pretty peaks. Bake in the oven for 15 minutes until the meringue is golden and crisp on the outside. Remove, cool and serve.

Nutrition

Calories
552kcals
Fat
26.8g (17.6g saturated)
Protein
6.5g
Carbohydrates
71.5g (47.9g sugars)
Fibre
4.7g
Salt
0.1g

delicious. tips

  1. Everything except the meringue can be made the day before. Allow to come back up to room temperature before piling on the final layer.

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  1. The rhubarb puree is difficult / impossible to pass through a sieve. I used a foodmill and recommend it if you have one – otherwise you might just want to keep the rhubarb filaments in the filling.
    Also recommend red food coloring, as the filling looks nothing like in the picture.
    Overall a crowd pleaser but very time consuming!

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