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Preheat the oven to 350 F.
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First begin the meringue filling, as it will need to cool: Whisk together the sugar, water, lemon juice and cornstarch in a small saucepan. Place on medium heat and add the blueberries. Whisk until thickened. Pour into a large bowl and set aside to cool.
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While it is cooling, make the crust: whisk together the flour and salt and set aside.
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Beat the butter until creamy. Scrape the sides and bottom of the bowl and add the sugar. Beat until fluffy. Mix in the flour in 2 additions. The mixture will be quite crumbly.
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Line a 9X13 pan with parchment paper. Dump the crust crumbs out into the pan, and press the crumbs evenly into a firm crust.
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Bake for 20 minutes.
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While it is baking, whip the egg whites until stiff but not dry. Fold them into the cooled blueberry mixture (mine was a little warm)--do your best to not deflate the egg whites, but mix completely until no streaks remain.
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Pour onto the crust and smooth the top even. Return to the oven to bake for another 20 minutes, until delicately browned but still a little jiggly.
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Set aside to cool.
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Before serving, whip the heavy cream until thickened. Add 3 tablespoons of powdered sugar and beat some more. Taste the cream--it should be a little sweet, but not a lot because you are still adding lemon curd. If you think you want it sweeter, add more powdered sugar now.
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Beat until almost whipped and then add the lemon curd. Beat until thick.
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Serve the lemon curd whipped cream on top of the individual slices of the Blueberry Delight.