is not that I didn’t bake the past two months, it’s just that I’ve been saving the world from a cataclysm, that’s why I was a bit absent. but looks like it didn’t work, so I’m coming back to what I know how to do, which is eat sweet things and pizza. actually, I’m back in here as well.
I had this amazing recipe that I couldn’t let pass one more day without sharing it with you all. the people who tried this beauty said that actually was the best lemon meringue tart they’ve ever eaten, so let’s think that they’re right! isn’t it?
let’s bake!
LEMON MERINGUE TART
makes about 12 servings
· ingredients ·
almond pastry
160g plain flour
30g ground almonds
70g icing sugar
¼ tsp baking powder
¼ tsp salt
70g cold unsalted butter
3 lrg cold egg yolks
1/2 tsp vanilla paste
lemon curd
4 lrg eggs
225g caster sugar
120ml lemon juice
120g room temperature unsalted butter
1/2 Tbsp lemon zest
swiss meringue
6 lrg room temperature egg whites
130g caster sugar
1 tsp vanilla paste
· step by step ·
almond pastry
in a big bowl sift the plain flour, ground almonds, icing sugar, baking powder and salt.
Add the cold butter and mix until there are no visible pieces of butter.
Add the cold egg yolks and vanilla extract and mix until the dough comes together.
Place the dough in a clean bowl and cover it with cling film and leave it to chill in the fridge for 8hrs.
Take the dough outside of the fridge and leave it to rest for 10min, then put some plain flour on the surface where you’re going to work and roll it with a rolling pin.
Prepare a tart mould spreading a bit of butter and plain flour and gently place the rolled dough onto it, and leave it in the fridge again for 30min.
Preheat the oven to 180ºC and prick the bottom of the pastry with a fork and place a big piece of the backing paper on the top of the unbaked pastry and then pour rice on it, this prevents the pastry from puffing up.
Bake it for 25min approx. until it’s golden and brown.
Take it from the oven and leave it to rest in a wire rack until it’s completely cool.
lemon curd
in a medium bowl whisk the eggs, caster sugar and lemon juice.
Place this medium bowl in a bain marie and stir constantly the mixture until it’s quite thick and the temperature is 79ºC.
Take it from the heat and pour it through a strainer to take out all the lumps.
Whisk the butter and the lemon zest into the lemon mixture.
Pour the lemon curd into the cooled almond pastry.
swiss meringue
in a medium bowl whisk the egg whites and the caster sugar, then place it in a bain marie whisking constantly until the sugar is dissolved and the temperature is 71ºC.
pour the mixture into a mixing bowl and beat it until you can see stiff peaks.
Spread the meringue on the top of the lemon tart as you prefer and use a blowtorch to make it a bit browner, but be careful because it can get burned so easily.
enjoy!
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