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who has a great recipe? feel like baking, maybe a lemon meringue tart would do???

fee1965 - 2011-09-25 15:59:00
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This is my best lemon tart, loosely based on a recipe from Marco Pierre White.

Lemon Tart

serves 8 - or 2 x 20 cm flan shells

Pastry:

500g flour
175g icing sugar
250g butter
grated zest 1 lemon
seeds from 1 vanilla pod

Filling:

9 eggs
400g caster sugar
5 lemons (zest of two, juice of 5)
250 ml cream

[ or for one large tart)

6 eggs
260g caster sugar
3 lemons (zest of two, juice of 3)
165 ml cream

Blind bake pastry at 180C.

Whisk eggs with sugar and zest, stir in juice and fold in cream. Leave to settle (overnight in fridge is good but not essential) scoop foam off top, pour into hot pastry shell.

Bake at 120C 30 min or until barely set.

If you have a blow torch use it to caramelise the top.

davidt4 - 2011-09-25 17:25:00
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I use Jo Seagar's lemon tart recipe which is really delish and nice and easy to make as well .....

125 grams butter
1 cup flour
1/2 cup icing sugar
Place in food processor and run until it clumps together. Use floured hands, press into base of loose bottomed flan tin. Refrigerate for at least 30 minutes.
1 cup castor sugar
1/2 cup lemon juice
Grated rind of 2 lemons
2 tbsp custard powder
1/2 tsp baking powder
3 eggs
icing sugar to dust
Place all the filling into the food processor and run until combined.
Pour into chilled base.
Bake for 25 minutes at 180C until pastry crisp and golden and filling set.
Dust with icing sugar.

shellz213 - 2011-09-25 20:31:00
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rasin11 - 2011-09-25 20:47:00
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davidt4 wrote:

This is my best lemon tart, loosely based on a recipe from Marco Pierre White.

Lemon Tart

serves 8 - or 2 x 20 cm flan shells

Pastry:

500g flour
175g icing sugar
250g butter
grated zest 1 lemon
seeds from 1 vanilla pod

Filling:

9 eggs
400g caster sugar
5 lemons (zest of two, juice of 5)
250 ml cream

[ or for one large tart)

6 eggs
260g caster sugar
3 lemons (zest of two, juice of 3)
165 ml cream

Blind bake pastry at 180C.

Whisk eggs with sugar and zest, stir in juice and fold in cream. Leave to settle (overnight in fridge is good but not essential) scoop foam off top, pour into hot pastry shell.

Bake at 120C 30 min or until barely set.

If you have a blow torch use it to caramelise the top.

I make an almost identical one and it sure is the nicest and easiest lemon tart around.

buzzy110 - 2011-09-26 16:46:00
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Hi, Its in the Jo Segar All Things Nice Cookbook. Citrus Tart.
125g Butter
1 C Flour
1/2 C Icing Sugar
Place it all in Food Processor and run till it clumps together. Use floured hands, press mix into base of loose bottomed flan tin. Refrigerate for at least 30 mins.
1 Cup Caster Sugar
1/2 C Lemon Juice
Grated rind of 2 Lemons
2 Tablespoons of Custard Powder, but I used cornflour as I was out. (I liked in better than when I used custard powder personally).
1/2 tsp Baking Powder
3 Eggs
Icing Sugar to dust.
Place all the filling into the food processor and run till combined. Pour into chilled base. Bake for 25 mins until pastry crisp and golden and filling set. Dust with icing sugar.
Its Easy Peasy.!!

molly37 - 2011-09-26 18:03:00
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recycling for lemon lovers

bev00 - 2012-09-25 22:40:00
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Ditto to the Jo Seager recipe. Its the only one I repeatedly get comments on. So yummy.

zappi - 2012-09-26 09:21:00
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Creamy Lemon Tart

100gms ginger biscuits
25gms butter
405mls skim sweetened condensed milk
1 small egg – beaten
1 medium egg white
2 medium fresh lemons, finely grated rind, plus juice
Preheat the oven to 180°C.
Place the biscuits in a food processor and pulse until fine. Alternatively, place them in a plastic bag and crush using a rolling pin. Transfer to a bowl.
Melt the butter in a small saucepan over low heat. Add the biscuit crumbs and carefully press the mixture into the base of a 23cm cake tin. Refrigerate until required.
Place the condensed milk and eggs in a bowl. Beat until smooth. Add the lemon zest and juice and stir well. The mixture will begin to thicken. Pour into the prepared base.
Bake the tart for 20 minutes, then remove from the oven and allow it to cool completely. Refrigerate until set.
Decorate with a slice of lemon just before serving.
This tart will keep in the fridge for up to 1 week in an airtight container.

For a different citrus flavour, try using the zest and juice of 2 juicy limes in place of the lemons.
Serves 10

Quotetimetogo (217 ) 6:29 pm, Wed 30 Nov #7
Lemon Tart (Quick & Easy)

Ingredients
•1 Pastry case. ready or home made (about 24cm) I use Edmonds Sweet Short Pastry
•250g Caster Sugar
•2 Fresh Lemons. Zest and Juice
•4 Eggs
•250ml Cream
• Icing Sugar to dust
Method
1. Preheat oven to 180°C

2. Combine all the ingredients together in a mixing bowl.

3. Pour the mixture into the pastry case.

4. Bake for about 30 mins until brown on top. Once cooked remove from the oven and allow to cool.

5. Before serving, sprinkle with icing sugar and serve with a dollop of cream

Quotepetal1955 (187 ) 9:34 pm, Wed 30 Nov #8

bev00 - 2012-11-29 22:29:00
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Here is a Jamie Oliver Lime (or Lemon) Tart:

"Recipe courtesy Jamie Oliver

1 tart shell, baked blind
8 large free-range eggs
12 ounces caster sugar
12 ounces double cream
7 1/2 ounces lime juice
3 3/4 ounces lemon juice

With this particular tart, as it has a moist filling, it's important to egg-wash the uncooked tart shell before adding the filling. This adds a sort of waterproof layer and keeps the pastry crisp and short for longer.

Whisk together the sugar and eggs in a bowl. When they are well mixed, slowly stir in the cream and the juices. Put the cooked tart shell back into the oven and then pour the filling into it – I find this reduces spillage.

Bake for around 40 to 45 minutes at 350 degrees F or until the filling is set, but still semi-wobbly in the middle (obviously different ovens will cook at different rate so it is good for you to try this tart a couple of times to gauge exactly when you should take it out of the oven).

After cooling for an hour, the semi-wobbly filling will have firmed up to the perfect consistency; soft and smooth. If you cut it before it has had time to rest it will pour out or be extremely gooey.

You can dust it with a little icing sugar, if you wish. Serve with a huge pile of fresh raspberries or strawberries. Whatever you decide to serve it with should be quite simple so that you let the tart do the talking."

Quoteelliehen (3909 ) 11:30 pm,

bev00 - 2012-11-29 22:31:00
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This one? with or without the dates
http://cuisine.co.nz/cuisine.nsf/recipes/fresh-date-lemon-ta

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bev00 - 2013-06-08 22:17:00
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Lemon Tart

1 sheet of sweet short pastry
25gm butter
1/2 cup sugar
2 eggs
1/4 cup lemon juice
1 teaspoon grated lemon rind.
1/4 cup ccornflour

Cut a round of baking paper 2.5cm larger than base of the slow cooker. Make 2.5cm cuts from edge of paper on the diagonal. Place paper in the slow cooker. It needs to come above pastry edges to allow tart to be remover from the slow cooker with out breaking. Place pastry evenly on baking paper. cut pastry corners off to make an even edge. Melt the butter. Mix in sugar, eggs, lemon juice, rind and cornflour, and mix with a wooden spoon until smooth. Pour into pastry shell. Cover and cook on high for 2 hours. Use a large fish slice and the paper to carefully remove the tart from the slow cooker.

Quote-nana- (218 ) 9:23 pm, Mon 18 Jul #8

bev00 - 2013-07-19 01:21:00
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Quick and Easy Lemon Tart

Ingredients
•1 Pastry case. ready or home made (about 24cm)
•250g Caster Sugar
•2 Fresh Lemons. Zest and Juice
•4 Eggs
•250ml Cream
• Icing Sugar to dust

Method
1. Preheat oven to 180°C

2. Combine all the ingredients together in a mixing bowl.

3. Pour the mixture into the pastry case.

4. Bake for about 30 mins until brown on top. Once cooked remove from the oven and allow to cool.

5. Before serving, sprinkle with icing sugar and serve with fresh summer berries (strawberry, raspberry, blackberry etc) and a dollop of cream.

petal1955 - 2013-07-19 18:35:00
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The one on the Chelsea Sugar website is delicious!

sarahb5 - 2013-07-19 19:50:00
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davidt4 what size tin for the large flan please?

griffo4 - 2013-07-20 11:04:00
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32cm is the large flan. It is quite difficult to manage a tart of that size, so make sure your other equipment is big enough e.g. egg slice, palette knife, cooling rack and serving plate. It is a good idea to line the large tin with silicone baking paper to help you when you slide the tart away from the tin base.

It is easier to make two smaller tarts, but not so impressive looking.

davidt4 - 2013-07-20 14:16:00
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davidt4 wrote:


It is easier to make two smaller tarts, but not so impressive looking.

I agree with this statement. Having made a large one I found that an ugly split developed in the filling as it cooled (and theoretically shrunk back in size) after cooking. I would only ever make 2 smaller ones now, unless someone could teach me how to overcome the cooling problem.

buzzy110 - 2013-07-20 14:21:00
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Thanks for that, the large one sounds a bit too hard to bother with and l don't have a tin that size

griffo4 - 2013-07-20 16:41:00
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keeping alive

bev00 - 2014-07-20 17:10:00
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and again

bev00 - 2015-07-20 20:11:00
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shellz213 wrote:

I use Jo Seagar's lemon tart recipe which is really delish and nice and easy to make as well .....

125 grams butter
1 cup flour
1/2 cup icing sugar
Place in food processor and run until it clumps together. Use floured hands, press into base of loose bottomed flan tin. Refrigerate for at least 30 minutes.
1 cup castor sugar
1/2 cup lemon juice
Grated rind of 2 lemons
2 tbsp custard powder
1/2 tsp baking powder
3 eggs
icing sugar to dust
Place all the filling into the food processor and run until combined.
Pour into chilled base.
Bake for 25 minutes at 180C until pastry crisp and golden and filling set.
Dust with icing sugar.

I just made this, my first effort at a tart, it is so divine and very easy to make. Thank you for posting this recipe.

taurus2005 - 2015-07-25 17:56:00
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AND AGAIN

bev00 - 2016-07-24 23:42:00
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I have tried a few. Most memorable was Julie Biuso's with Ricotta cheese, in one of her older books; Italian cooking, with green/black on the cover if memory serves me correctly ('90's?). I don't have it as I'm away at present but it's very good. Someone else might post but if you need it let me know and I will post on my return (1/8).

I have chopped and changed ingredients with the Alison Holst one; varied the dairy ingredients (cream or yoghurt) as well as the fruit combo's (orange and lemon is nice but so is lemon/lime) . I found it too sweet so used 1 cup yoghurt instead of the half cup of cream and that worked well.

trigal1 - 2016-07-25 10:50:00
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saving ....

bev00 - 2017-07-23 23:31:00
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** recycling...**

autumnwinds - 2018-07-08 23:38:00
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Can totally recommend this one...my go to for something special:

1 sheet sweet shortcrust ready-rolled pastry
5 eggs
220g caster sugar
3 lemons, juice (should yield 150ml of juice)
150 ml cream
2 lemons, zest
icing sugar
cream or crème fraiche

Preheat oven to 200°C. 
Pop an oven tray in to heat.
Roll pastry slightly thinner than it comes and line a 24cm dish with baking paper.

Beat together the eggs and sugar, then add the juice and lastly the cream.
Reduce heat to 160°C.

Pour the filling into the pastry case, filling it right to the top before gently sliding into the oven.
Bake for 35-45 minutes until almost set – it should be firm 3cm in around the edge but still wobbly in the middle.
Remove from the oven and cool in the tin for 10-15 minutes before easing the ring away from the still-warm pastry sides (but leave it on), then cool completely for 30 minutes before removing from the tin.
Sprinkle with lemon zest and dust with icing sugar. 
Serve with cream or crème fraîche.

brajama - 2018-07-09 13:52:00
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davidt4 wrote:

This is my best lemon tart, loosely based on a recipe from Marco Pierre White.

Lemon Tart

serves 8 - or 2 x 20 cm flan shells

Pastry:

500g flour
175g icing sugar
250g butter
grated zest 1 lemon
seeds from 1 vanilla pod

Filling:

9 eggs
400g caster sugar
5 lemons (zest of two, juice of 5)
250 ml cream

[ or for one large tart)

6 eggs
260g caster sugar
3 lemons (zest of two, juice of 3)
165 ml cream

Blind bake pastry at 180C.

Whisk eggs with sugar and zest, stir in juice and fold in cream. Leave to settle (overnight in fridge is good but not essential) scoop foam off top, pour into hot pastry shell.

Bake at 120C 30 min or until barely set.

If you have a blow torch use it to caramelise the top.


This sounds lovely but l may be confused. l'm assuming that this is NOT a meringue tart and that it's whole, not separated eggs.
What do you do with the foam you take off after the egg mix settles? Thanks.

bella95 - 2018-07-10 16:33:00
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bella95 wrote:


This sounds lovely but l may be confused. l'm assuming that this is NOT a meringue tart and that it's whole, not separated eggs.
What do you do with the foam you take off after the egg mix settles? Thanks.

No, it is not a lemon meringue tart. Why do you think it would be?

Whole eggs.

Discard the foam (or add it to a custard).

davidt4 - 2018-07-10 17:39:00
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Thanks for clarifying david.
I asked because the OP, when asking for recipes says, '........maybe a lemon meringue tart would do'
I thought it probably wasn't - the eggs not being separated was a bit of a clue - but wanted to check in case l'd misunderstood something.

Edited by bella95 at 2:15 am, Fri 13 Jul

bella95 - 2018-07-13 02:13:00
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bump

bev00 - 2019-07-10 22:14:00
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The Edmonds one is never fail and uses only two eggs.

deboron - 2019-07-11 07:53:00
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Definitely not a lemon meringue pie (or tart) but for a traditional lemon tart (or tarte au citron since its a French recipe) this is delicious and very easy to follow

https://www.chelsea.co.nz/browse-recipes/french-lemon-tart

I like Jamie Oliver's suggestion of egg washing the pastry shell though as the base does tend to go soggy

Edited by sarahb5 at 6:11 pm, Wed 24 Jul

sarahb5 - 2019-07-24 18:08:00
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