Lemon tarts
Introduce
Chef :
Jiya
Lemon tarts
An European dessert pastry with lemon flavored custard filling...You can make easily with ready made pie crust or follow recipe below to make from scratch
Ingredient
Food ration :
6-serving
Cooking time :
45 mins
Cooking instructions
* Step 1
First beat the butter and sugar well.
* Step 2
Add the vanilla extract, salt and flour and combine well.
* Step 3
Slowly add little water and combine with hands to get a perfect dough.
* Step 4
Cover the dough with a plastic wrap and refrigerate for 30 mins.
* Step 5
On a marble surface, sprinkle some flour and roll the dough between 2 plastic wraps to a circle such that it can cover the tart pan.(I used a medium sized pan here)
* Step 6
Roll out the dough over the tart pan. Trim edges if needed.
* Step 7
Now prick small holes on the crust and refrigerate for another 10 mins.
* Step 9
Blind Baking-Cover the crust with a parchment paper and put some beans on top and bake till you get a lightly golden crust.(not more than 15 min)
* Step 10
Remove the beans and keep the crust pan for cooling.
* Step 11
For the filling, cream together the eggs and sugar well.
* Step 12
Add the heavy cream and mix well.
* Step 13
In another bowl take the lemon zests and juice of two lemons.Keep for 2 mins.Then strain the juice into the filling mixture.
* Step 14
Combine the lemon juice and cream well.
* Step 15
Now pour this filling into the crust pan.
* Step 16
Bake for 30 mins till the custard is cooked.
* Step 17
You can cover the crust edge with foil so that it doesn't get burnt.
* Step 18
Serve the lemon tarts with some sugar dusted or a dollop of whipped cream.
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