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Lemon Tart
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Lemon Tart

Silky, intensely lemon curd in a crisp sweet pastry shell the perfect balance of sweet and sharp.

⌛ 2 hrs 📈 Medium ★ 4.8/5 📋 10 steps

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🍴 Ingredients

  • Sweet pastry: flour, butter, sugar, egg yolk
  • For lemon curd: 4 eggs, 3 egg yolks, 180g sugar, 120ml lemon juice, 200g cold butter, zest of 3 lemons
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👨‍🍳 Instructions

1
Make sweet pastry; chill 30 minutes.
2
Roll out and line a 9-inch fluted tart tin.
3
Blind bake at 375F for 15 minutes, remove paper and bake 10 more until golden.
4
Make lemon curd: whisk eggs, yolks, sugar and lemon juice in a pan.
5
Cook over medium heat, stirring constantly, until very thick.
6
Remove from heat, add cold butter piece by piece, whisking constantly.
7
Stir in zest.
8
Pour into hot tart case.
9
Bake at 250F for 15-20 minutes until just set.
10
Cool completely. Serve with creme fraiche.
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