Lemon Tarts

Name: Lemon Tarts
Prep time: 10 h 40 min
Cook time: 10 h 40 min
Total time: 10 h 40 min
Yield: 10
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 3 larges eggs, at room temperature, beaten; 59 milliliters heavy cream; 118 milliliters fresh lemon juice (from about 3 lemons), strained; 3 Grated zest of lemons (about 1 Tbsp. packed); 30 prebaked mini phyllo shells such as Athens; 1 pinch Pinch of salt; 237 milliliters sugar; 8 Tbsps (1 stick) unsalted butter, cut into 8 pieces

Lemon Tarts

Lemon Tarts might be just the dessert you are searching for. This recipe serves 10. One serving contains 237 calories, 3g of protein, and 14g of fat. This recipe covers 3% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. Not From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes roughly 10 hours and 40 minutes. If you have prebaked phyllo shells such as athens, heavy cream, butter, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it.

Instructions

Set a fine-meshed sieve over a bowl.

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Sieve

Bowl

Pour 2 inches of water into a pan and bring to a simmer over low heat. In a bowl that fits over pan without touching water, mix juice and zest, eggs, butter, salt and 1 cup sugar. Cook, stirring constantly with a heatproof flexible spatula, until butter has melted, sugar has dissolved and mixture thickens enough to coat the back of a spoon, 20 to 25 minutes. (Do not allow it to boil.)

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Butter

Juice

Sugar

Water

Egg

Salt

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Spatula

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Frying Pan

Pour through sieve into bowl; press plastic wrap onto surface of mixture. Chill for at least 10 hours. (Curd will thicken as it cools and can be made up to 5 days ahead.)

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Wrap

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Plastic Wrap

Sieve

Bowl

Preheat oven to 350F.

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Oven

Place tart shells on a baking sheet; bake for 5 minutes.

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Tart Shells

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Baking Sheet

Oven

Let cool.

Whip cream with 1 tsp. sugar until soft peaks form. Cover and chill. Just before serving, put a heaping teaspoon of lemon curd into each shell. (Cover and chill any extra curd.) Pipe or spoon whipped cream on top of each tart.

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Whipped Cream