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French Lemon Tart

Name: French Lemon Tart
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 35 min
Yield: 12
Ingredients: Pastry; 1 ½ cups flour; ½ cup Chelsea Icing Sugar; 125g butter, chilled and cubed; finely grated rind 2 lemons; 1 egg yolk; 1 tablespoon iced water; Filling; 5 eggs; ½ cup Chelsea Caster Sugar; ¾ cup cream; ½ cup lemon juice (about 2 lemons)

4.5

Preparation

30 mins

Bake

35 mins

Difficulty

Moderate

Servings

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Ingredients
Method

Ingredients

Pastry
1 ½ cups flour
½ cup Chelsea Icing Sugar
125g butter, chilled and cubed
finely grated rind 2 lemons
1 egg yolk
1 tablespoon iced water

Filling

5 eggs
½ cup Chelsea Caster Sugar
¾ cup cream
½ cup lemon juice (about 2 lemons)

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Reviews

31

What did you think of this recipe?

I use this recipe as my base whenever I make lemon tarts. The only thing is I like to add extra lemon juice for a really citrusy flavour

Unknown

The best lemon tart recipe I have ever found. Thank you Chelsea!!!

Carbjunkie

I'm no master baker but I nailed this recipe. Easy to follow. Basic ingredients, great result. The base turned out almost spot on. I had to give it a bit longer because my oven is rubbish the filling didn't curdle and it set quickly. Will definitely make it again.

Lukas

It was a clear and decisive recipe that I think most people can make.The final step (tasting it) was so good. It was mouth watering.

Shilkaphillina

Very nice looking cake that I can easily cook for my Indian kids

Jasmine

Perfect with whipped cream! So good, it's delicious so lemony. I always tend to leave it in the fridge till the next day, it tastes better that way! YUM

Dartha

Very easy to make :)

Dale

Yummy

Unknown

Delicious!! Very yum and has a very strong lemon taste which I loved !!!

Abby

made this and it was so yummy, make sure you lightly pack your walls so your filling doesn't flood!

Method

To prepare the pastry, place the flour and icing sugar in a food processor and mix for a few seconds.

Add the butter in small cubes and process until the mixture resembles breadcrumbs.

Add the rind, egg yolk and iced water and process for a few seconds.

Tip the mixture onto a sheet of plastic film and gather into a ball. Refrigerate for 20 minutes.

Roll out the pastry to about 5-7mm thickness and line a 23-25cm removable bottom flan dish and trim excess pastry with a sharp knife.

Place a sheet of baking paper over the pastry, lightly push into pastry and fill with baking beans or uncooked rice.

Preheat the oven to 200ºC. Bake the flan for 10 minutes. Carefully remove the baking paper and beans and continue cooking for another 5 minutes, until golden.

To make the filling, beat the eggs and sugar in a bowl until frothy and the sugar begins to dissolve. Beat in the cream, until just mixed. Add the lemon juice. Pour into the cooked pastry shell and bake at 180ºC for 20-25 minutes or until the filling is set. Cool then refrigerate.

Serve with whipped cream, yoghurt or French Vanilla ice-cream.