Desserts

Lemon meringue tart

Name: Lemon meringue tart
Total time: 1 h
Cuisine: Christmas
Ingredients: 1 sheet of sweet shortcrust pastry; 3 lemons; 3 eggs; 100 g sugar; 50 g butter; 80 g sugar for the meringue

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Mrs. Claus's recipe, to make as a family in the Village kitchen.

Total time: 1 hr
Serves 6
Intermediate

Ingredients

Number of people: Serves 6

1 sheet of sweet shortcrust pastry
3 lemons
3 eggs

100 g sugar
50 g butter
80 g sugar for the meringue

Preparation stepsTotal time: 1 hr

Blind bake15 min
15 minutes at 180°C. Preheat the oven to the temperature given, with the rack in the middle. Only open the door if the recipe says so: the dish is ready when it is golden and the time is up.
Lemon cream19 min
Zest and juice, whole eggs except 2 whites set aside, sugar and butter. Thicken over low heat. The liquid should simmer, not boil. Stay close for the first few minutes to set the heat, then check that nothing sticks to the bottom.
Fill18 min
Pour into the warm tart shell. Count the time from when you start, and only move on once you get the result described.
Meringue8 min
Whites whisked with 80 g of sugar, browned for 8 minutes at 200°C. Preheat the oven to the temperature given, with the rack in the middle. Only open the door if the recipe says so: the dish is ready when it is golden and the time is up.