Lemon meringue pie is a type of baked pie, usually served for dessert, made with a pastry base, lemon curd filling and a fluffy meringue topping. Lemon meringue pie is typically prepared with a bottom pie crust, but with no upper crust; e. g., the meringue is directly on top of the lemon filling.

These dessert or snack bars are reminiscent of good old Fig Newtons, a lunch-box and after-school snack favorite from my childhood. The addition of whole wheat flour, wheat germ, and applesauce in the crust make them toastier tasting with a cake-like texture. Lemon zest adds a nice contrast to the sweet raspberry filling.

If you want to have an impressive, but not too complicated, dessert to present to your guests or family, these individual souffles are the way to go. Meyer lemons are sweeter than common lemons, which make them a good match for this delicate dessert, but you can easily substitute regular lemons or oranges. This is a nice light dessert option.

The Chocolate Room in Brooklyn serves the Chocolate Stout Float that features Brooklyn Brewery’s stout and their own vanilla ice cream ($8USD). The Markt restaurant serves the Tartelette au citron – Citroentaartje which is a lemon tart with almond flour crust, served with kriek beer sorbet ($8USD). Gotham Bar and Grill has served cheesecake with Gu

There were several requests for the lemon tart that I made a few days ago. This has to be one of the easiest and best tasting lemon tarts I have ever made, and it is from Payard’s Simply Sensational Desserts cookbook.