Lemon Tart

Name: Lemon Tart
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 8
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 296 milliliters all purpose flour; 57 grams 1/3 cup almonds (about; 3 Tbsps crème fraîche or sour cream; 4 larges eggs; 2 Tbsps (or more) ice water; 158 milliliters fresh lemon juice; 0 teaspoons salt; 118 milliliters sugar; 6 Tbsps (3/4 stick) chilled unsalted butter, cut into 1/2-inch pieces

Lemon Tart is a vegetarian dessert. This recipe serves 8. One portion of this dish contains about 7g of protein, 15g of fat, and a total of 280 calories. This recipe covers 8% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes roughly 45 minutes. Head to the store and pick up all purpose flour, lemon juice, eggs, and a few other things to make it today.

Instructions

Finely grind almonds in processor.

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Almonds

Add flour, sugar and salt and process until blended.

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All Purpose Flour

Sugar

Salt

Add butter and process until mixture resembles coarse meal. With machine running, add ice water, 1 tablespoonful at a time, and blend until moist clumps form, adding more water if dry. Gather dough into ball; flatten into disk. Wrap in plastic; chill at least 1 hour and up to 1 day.

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Water

Butter

Dough

Wrap

Preheat oven to 375°F.

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Oven

Roll out dough on floured surface to 12-inch round.

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Dough

Roll

Transfer to 9-inch-diameter tart pan with removable bottom. Fold dough overhang in, pressing to adhere and forming double-thick sides. Pierce dough all over with fork. Freeze 20 minutes.

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Dough

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Tart Form

Bake crust until set and light golden, piercing with fork if crust bubbles, about 30 minutes. Cool crust on rack 15 minutes. Maintain oven temperature.

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Crust

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Oven

Whisk lemon juice and sugar in medium bowl to blend.

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Lemon Juice

Sugar

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Whisk

Bowl

Whisk in crème fraîche.

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Creme Fraiche

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Whisk

Whisk in eggs 1 at a time until well blended.

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Egg

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Whisk

Pour mixture into crust.

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Crust

Bake tart until filling is set, covering crust edges with foil if browning too quickly, about 35 minutes. Cool tart completely in pan on rack. Refrigerate until cold, about 2 hours. (Can be prepared 1 day ahead. Keep refrigerated.)

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Crust

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Oven

Aluminum Foil