Thursday, January 16, 2014
A Lovely Lemon Tart
I don't know why I have never made a tart before yesterday. Maybe I was intimidated by my copy of a Martha Stewart Pies and Tarts book that I had in my kitchen, but never used.
But 2014 is the year for me to try new things, in and out of the kitchen. So, I made this lemon tart with a really tasty shortbread crust, and a zippy lemon filling.
And it was easy, who knew, right?
The tart took four medium lemons, so I bought a bag of them, with three left over for tea, and a lemon pound cake I want to make.
Next time I will sift the flour into the filling, because it was a little hard to get it to all dissolve into the filling. But it came out fine.
Recipe for a Lemon Tart
Ingredients:
For Crust:
3/4 cup butter, room temperature
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/8 teaspoon salt
1 3/4 cup all-purpose flour
For Filling:
1 1/2 cup sugar
3 large eggs
1 tablespoon lemon zest
1/2 cup freshly squeezed lemon juice
1/2 cup all-purpose flour
Confectioners sugar for dusting
Directions:
Combine butter, 1/2 cup sugar, vanilla extract, and salt in a large bowl and mix together with a hand mixer until smooth. Stir flour into butter mixture to make a smooth dough.
Press dough into a 9-inch tart pan, refrigerate crust for 30 minutes.
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Bake tart shell until light golden brown, 15-20 minutes.
Whisk together in a bowl, sugar, eggs, lemon zest, lemon juice, and 1/2 cup flour until filling is smooth. Pour lemon filling into crust.
Bake tart until filling is set, about 20 minutes. Let tart cool completely, then dust with powdered sugar.
Enjoy!!
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