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Lemon Tart / Meringue Pie

Lemon tart is one of the great classics of French patisserie. The are lots of versions with different kinds of pastry and filling.

This one uses sweetcrust pastry (pâte sablée) and lemon curd as the filling. Just top with meringue for that other classic: lemon meringue pie.

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Last modified on: March 23^th 2016

For 1 , you will need:

1 300 g Sweetcrust pastry (pâte sablée)
2 500 g Lime (or lemon) curd
3 400 g Italian Meringue (optional)
Total weight: 1,200 grams

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Time required

Preparation	Resting	Cooking	Start to finish
51 min.	2 hours	30 min.	3 hours 21 min.

Keeping:

1 or 2 days in the fridge.

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Step by step recipe

Stage 1 - 30 min.

Lemon Tart / Meringue Pie : Photo of step #1

Roll out the pastry and line the tart tin or mould, then "bake blind".

Stage 2 - 2 min.

Lemon Tart / Meringue Pie : Photo of step #2

Once it has cooled, take the pastry case out of the tin or mould and transfer to a serving plate.

Stage 3 - 30 min.

Lemon Tart / Meringue Pie : Photo of step #3

Prepare 500 g of lemon curd.

Stage 4 - 2 min.

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Pour the lemon curd into the tart case while it is still warm.

Stage 5 - 2 min.

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Smooth the top of the filling with a palette-knife and refrigerate for at least 2 hours.

Stage 6 - 2 hours

Lemon Tart / Meringue Pie : Photo of step #6

Your lemon tart is ready.

Stage 7 - 10 min.

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To turn this into a lemon meringue pie, follow the same method as for pear and lime meringue pie. Cover the filling with rosettes of meringue piped with a forcing bag.

Stage 8 - 5 min.

Lemon Tart / Meringue Pie : Photo of step #8

Finish by browning the meringue with a gas torch or under a very hot grill for a few seconds.

Remarks

If you don't feel confident about making Italian meringue, normal meringue works well, too.

Nutritional information

% are calculated relative to a Recommended Dietary Intake or RDI of 2000 k-calories or 8400 k-joules by day for a woman (change to a man).

How much will it cost?

For 1 : 3.32 €

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Source

Home made.

More recipes?

This recipe uses (among others)

	Lime (or lemon) curd: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Two-coloured chocolate-orange tart, Little lime tarts, ... All
	Sweetcrust pastry (pâte sablée): You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Key Lime Pie for Jeremy, Pear and lime meringue pie, Apple amandine tarts from Brélès, Strawberry tart, Little lime tarts, ... All

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