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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

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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: 800 grams

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Time required for this recipe:

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

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Step by step recipe

Stage 1 - 30 min.

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

Stage 2 - 2 min.

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

Stage 3 - 30 min.

Prepare 500 g of lemon curd.

Stage 4 - 2 min.

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

Stage 5 - 2 min.

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

Stage 6 - 2 hours

Your lemon tart is ready.

Stage 7 - 10 min.

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.

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.

Keeping

1 or 2 days in the fridge.

Source

Home made.

Nutritional information

Whole recipe
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
2,090 Kcal or 8,750 Kj	47 gr	469 gr	183 gr
105 %	18 %	44 %	28 %

Per 100 g
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
261 Kcal or 1,093 Kj	6 gr	59 gr	23 gr
13 %	2 %	6 %	3 %

Per
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
2,090 Kcal or 8,750 Kj	47 gr	469 gr	183 gr
105 %	18 %	44 %	28 %

% 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).

Possible allergens in this recipe: Gluten, Milk, Egg, Nuts

How much will it cost?

For 1 : 3.02 €

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This recipe uses (among others)

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

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