Quick lemon meringue pie recipe Save Follow Lemon meringue pie is such a classic, but there are so many points at which failure can occur: weeping meringues, soggy bottoms, runny lemon curd. From the outside you can seemingly have the perfect pie, but slice into it at the wrong moment and you can be faced with a slippery, sliding, not-quite pie, more a pool of something that once looked like a pie. My version avoids all of these pitfalls. Firstly, I donât bother making pastry â instead, I use a delicious crunchy biscuit base. Secondly, I buy a jar of lemon curd â no more lemon-flavoured scrambled eggs. Lastly, my favourite: using the liquid from a can of chickpeas, aka aquafaba, to create the best, sweet, sticky pillowy crown. This is just such a fabulous dessert â itâs fun and doesnât take itself too seriously.