Creamy Lemon Tart

Name: Creamy Lemon Tart
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 12
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 2 larges egg yolks; 5 larges eggs; 177 milliliters heavy whipping cream; 158 milliliters fresh lemon juice; 3 Tbsps grated lemon peel; 0 teaspoons salt; 237 milliliters sugar; 532 milliliters unbleached all purpose flour; 237 milliliters (2 sticks) unsalted butter, room temperature; 3 Tbsps (about) water

Creamy Lemon Tart is a vegetarian dessert. One serving contains 376 calories, 6g of protein, and 24g of fat. This recipe serves 12. This recipe covers 7% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. Head to the store and pick up lemon juice, water, lemon peel, and a few other things to make it today. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes approximately 45 minutes.

Instructions

Using electric mixer, beat unsalted butter and egg yolks in large bowl until fluffy. Beat in sugar. Beat in flour and salt just until blended, adding water by tablespoonfuls if dough is dry.

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Unsalted Butter

Egg Yolk

Dough

All Purpose Flour

Sugar

Water

Salt

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Hand Mixer

Bowl

Transfer dough to lightly floured work surface. Gather dough together. Shape dough into ball; flatten into disk. Wrap dough in plastic and refrigerate 1 hour. Soften dough slightly at room temperature before rolling out.

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Dough

Wrap

Whisk eggs, sugar, cream, lemon juice, and grated lemon peel in medium metal bowl to blend. Set bowl over saucepan of simmering water (do not allow bottom of bowl to touch water); whisk slowly but constantly until mixture thickens and instant-read thermometer inserted into mixture registers 160°F, about 20 minutes.

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Lemon Juice

Lemon Peel

Cream

Sugar

Water

Egg

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Kitchen Thermometer

Sauce Pan

Whisk

Bowl

Remove bowl from over water. Cool mixture to room temperature, whisking occasionally.

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Water

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Whisk

Bowl

Preheat oven to 350°F.

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Oven

Roll out dough on lightly floured surface to 13-inch round.

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Dough

Roll

Transfer dough to 10-inch-diameter tart pan with removable bottom. Fold in dough edges, forming double-thick sides. Freeze crust 15 minutes. Line crust with foil; fill with pie weights or dried beans.

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Dried Beans