Lemon Custard Tart
User Reviews
5.0
6 reviews
Excellent
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Prep Time
30 mins
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Cook Time
30 mins
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Total Time
1 hr
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Calories
5635 kcal
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Course
Dessert
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Cuisine
Vegetarian
Lemon Custard Tart
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This Lemon Tart is an explosion of citrus flavor topped with fluffy meringue and tangy apricot preserves. It doesn't just look like it was crafted at a top-notch bakery—it tastes like it, too!
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Ingredients
- 1 refrigerated pie shell 10 inch
- 8 large eggs
- 8 large egg yolks set aside whites from 3 of the eggs for meringue
- 1½ cup lemon juice approx. 9 lemons
- 1½ cup granulated sugar for filling
- 8 oz butter
- 6 tbsp granulated sugar for browning on top of tart
- 4 tbsp apricot preserves
- ¼ cup granulated sugar for meringue
- ¼ tsp cream of tartar
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Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400°F.
- Fit pie shell into bottom of tart pan and fit into and around edges. Some dough should drape over top edges of pan.
- Using a rolling pin, roll across top of pan, trimming edges of dough even with top edge of pan.
- Prick the shell with a fork to help prevent shrinking.
- Cover edges with a strip of foil to help prevent burning.
- Bake on center rack of oven for 10 minutes, then remove foil and continue baking for about 5 minutes or until golden brown. Remove to wire rack to cool.
- In a 2-quart saucepan, using a wire whisk, beat eggs and egg yolks until combined.
- Stir in lemon juice and sugar.
- Cook over medium heat, stirring constantly until mixture thickens and coats the back of a spoon. (approx. 15 minutes)
- Stir in butter until melted.
- Pour filling into shell and refrigerate for at least 4 hours or overnight.
- Preheat broiler.
- Cover edges of tart with a foil strip to prevent overbrowning. Sprinkle 3 tablespoons of granulated sugar across top of lemon filling.
- Place the tart under broiler, closest to heat source. Broil for several minutes, until sugar melts and browns. Watch carefully so sugar does not brown too much.
- Remove tart from broiler and chill for about 1 hour.
- Remove sides of tart pan by pushing up from the bottom and put on a plate.
- Warm apricot preserves in microwave or on stovetop just until melted.
- Brush top of tart with the preserves.
- Place 3 large egg whites in mixing bowl. (saved from egg yolks used in filling.) Beat on high speed while slowly adding ¼ cup granulated sugar and ¼ tsp. cream of tartar. Continue beating until mixture thickens and forms stiff peaks.
- Pipe border of tart with the meringue, using a #1M open star tip.
- Place tart under broiler to brown meringue or use a bakers torch to brown it.
- Chill for at least 3 hours before serving.
Nutrition Information
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Calories
5635kcal
(282%)
Carbohydrates
670g
(223%)
Protein
86g
(172%)
Fat
303g
(466%)
Saturated Fat
156g
(780%)
Cholesterol
3451mg
(1150%)
Sodium
2989mg
(125%)
Potassium
1482mg
(42%)
Fiber
5g
(20%)
Sugar
548g
(1096%)
Vitamin A
9953IU
(199%)
Vitamin C
149mg
(166%)
Calcium
524mg
(52%)
Iron
16mg
(89%)
Nutrition Facts
Serving: 1Serving
Amount Per Serving
Calories 5635 kcal
% Daily Value*
| Calories | 5635kcal | 282% |
| Carbohydrates | 670g | 223% |
| Protein | 86g | 172% |
| Fat | 303g | 466% |
| Saturated Fat | 156g | 780% |
| Cholesterol | 3451mg | 1150% |
| Sodium | 2989mg | 125% |
| Potassium | 1482mg | 32% |
| Fiber | 5g | 20% |
| Sugar | 548g | 1096% |
| Vitamin A | 9953IU | 199% |
| Vitamin C | 149mg | 166% |
| Calcium | 524mg | 52% |
| Iron | 16mg | 89% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
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Overall Rating
5.0
6 reviews
Excellent
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