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Lemon tart

Lemon tart (tarte au citron) is one of France's great classic desserts, though there are many different versions. This is more or less the classic version, with sweetcrust pastry and a creamy filling that uses both lemon zest and juice for a deliciously tart tart!

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Last modified on: September 18^th 2019

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For 2 tarts, you will need:

1 600 g Sweetcrust pastry (pâte sablée)
2 340 g butter
3 220 g caster sugar
4 20 g Vanilla sugar
5 4 lemons
6 300 g Egg ( How to... )
7 8 slices lemon (optional)
8 200 g caster sugar (optional)
9 200 g water (optional)
Total weight: 2,000 grams

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Time required for this recipe:

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1 hour 27 min.	6 min.	1 hour 33 min.

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Step by step recipe

Stage 1 - 5 min.

In a mixing bowl, cut 340 g butter into small pieces and leave at room temperature to soften.

Stage 2 - 5 min.

Pour 220 g caster sugar and 20 g Vanilla sugar into a medium-sized saucepan, then zest 4 lemons over.

Mix in with a whisk, cover and leave the sugar to absorb all the flavour of the lemon zest (this can be prepared the day before and left overnight in the fridge, which is even better).

Stage 3 - 1 hour

Blind bake the tart case made with 600 g Sweetcrust pastry (pâte sablée).

Stage 4 - 3 min.

Take the pan containing the sugar and lemon zest. Add 300 g Egg, the juice of both lemons and mix with a whisk.

Stage 5

Put the pan on low heat and stir constantly...

Stage 6 - 6 min.

...until the mixture thickens.

Stage 7 - 2 min.

Pour the hot filling mixture through a fine sieve into the bowl with the butter...

Stage 8 - 5 min.

...and push through the sieve with a soft spatula, leaving only the lemon zest, which can be discarded.

Stage 9 - 2 min.

Mix the butter thoroughly into the lemon mixture.

Stage 10 - 2 min.

Finish with a quick blitz from a blender to give a smooth, creamy lemon filling.

Stage 11 - 3 min.

Pour the filling into the tart case while it is still hot. Smooth the top if necessary and refrigerate until serving.

Stage 12

If you would like to add a touch of decoration, cut 3 or 4 slices of lemon (a mandolin is the ideal tool for this).

Stage 13

Candy the lemon slices by simmering in 200 g caster sugar with 200 g water for 15 minutes.

Stage 14

Arrange the lemon slices around the top of the tart.

Remarks

Using the same basic idea, you can make this tart with other citrus fruit: lime, grapefruit, orange, etc.

Keeping

1or 2 days in the fridge, covered with plastic film.

Source

Home made.

Nutritional information

Whole recipe
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
39,863 Kcal or 166,898 Kj	579 gr	3,610 gr	2,603 gr
1,993 %	223 %	341 %	394 %

Per 100 g
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
1,993 Kcal or 8,344 Kj	29 gr	181 gr	130 gr
100 %	11 %	17 %	20 %

Per tart
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
19,931 Kcal or 83,447 Kj	290 gr	1,805 gr	1,302 gr
997 %	111 %	170 %	197 %

% 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 2 tarts : 8.22 €
Per tart : 4.11 €

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This recipe uses (among others)

	Sweetcrust pastry (pâte sablée): You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: How to bake blind , Lemon and lime custard tart, Strawberry tart, Chocolate tart, Pear, grapefruit and pistachio tart, ... All
	Butter: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Naan, Salad greens and small omelette, Spinach Mornay, Old style brioche, Gratin slices with spinach, ... All
	Egg: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Chestnut moelleux, Fish in a seed crust, Lemon Mayonnaise, Toasted almond cake, Buckwheat almond biscuits, ... All
	Caster sugar: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Pink Reims biscuits, Agen prune cake, Eton mess, Far Normandy-Brittany, Strawberry and rhubarb crumble, ... All

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