I am making this yummy dessert for dinner tonight.
I got the recipe of my step mother but seem to have lost it. I found this one which looks the same on
Taste. Finger crossed it turns out well.
Oh and I cheat by buying a ready made pastry shell.
And put the pastry shell on the shelf and then pour in the mixture. Less chance of spilling it then.
Preparation Time
15 - 20 minutes
Cooking Time
50 minutes
Ingredients (serves 8)
Icing sugar, to serve
Pastry
1 x Sweet premade Pastry Flan
Or
225g (1 1/2 cups) plain flour
180g butter, chilled, diced
1 tbs caster sugar
2 tbs iced water
1 egg yolk
Filling
a pinch of lime zest
2 pinches of lemon zest
80mls (1/3 cup) fresh lemon juice
80mls (1/3 cup) fresh lime juice
165g (3/4 cup) caster sugar
60mls (1/4 cup) thickened cream
5 eggs
Method
To make the pastry, place the flour, diced butter and caster sugar in the bowl of a food processor. Process until the mixture resembles fine bread- crumbs. Lightly whisk together the water and egg yolk and add to the flour mixture. Process briefly until the mixture begins to come together. Remove from the processor bowl and bring together with your hands. Shape dough into a disk and wrap in plastic wrap. Place in the fridge for 30 minutes to rest.
Roll out pastry on a lightly floured work surface to a disk about 35cm in diameter. Carefully lift the pastry into a 30cm tart tin with removable base and ease into the tin. Press pastry gently into the side of tin, trim the excess with a sharp knife and then place on a baking tray in the fridge for 30 minutes.
Preheat oven to 190°C.
Line the tart shell with some greaseproof paper and fill with, rice or dried beans. Bake for 20 minutes in preheated oven. Remove the paper with the rice or beans and bake for a further 10 minutes. Remove from the oven and cool for 10 minutes.
Or buy a premade shell and cook at 180c for 10 minutes
Zest the lime and lemons before squeezing them for the juice. It's much easier this way.
Then, to make the filling, whisk together the lemon juice, lime juice, caster sugar and cream in a medium mixing bowl until combined. Add the eggs, one at a time, whisking well after each addition.
Pour the filling into the tart shell and bake for a further 20 minutes or until the filling is just set in the centre.
Serve the tart warm or at room temperature sprinkled with icing sugar.
Yummy with vanilla ice cream too
Citrus Tart
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