Basic French Styled Lemon Tart
- 1 14 cups all-purpose flour
- 13 cup cold hard butter (roughly chopped)
- 2 tablespoons sugar
- 2 tablespoons cold water
- 2 teaspoons white vinegar
- 3 eggs, separated
- 34 cup sugar
- 12 cup fresh lemon juice, also zest lemons
- 14 cup orange juice
- PASTRY.
- With a pastry cutter or potato ricer begin to incorporate the sugar and butter.
- Combine flour until resembles course crumbs.
- Add water, vinegar and vanilla (if you choose) and combine until it holds together when pressed.
- Press into a 9-inch flan or spring form pan.
- Cover the bottom and sides evenly.
- Chill for 15 minutes.
- Pierce pastry with a fork, cover with foil and bake at 375 for 20 minutes remove the foil and bake until lightly golden.
- LEMON CURD.
- In a small saucepan combine remaining 1/4 cup sugar, lemon zest and orange juice.
- Simmer over low until zest is softened and translucent and sugar has entirely dissolved.
- Once done, remove from heat allow to cool and then add to fresh lemon juice.
- With an electric mixer mix 3 egg whites and 1 egg yolk with 1/2 cup sugar.
- Blend until creamy.
- Add remaining 2 yolks.
- Blend.
- While mixing with a spatula, drizzle in warm lemon juice into egg mixture.
- Fill pastry shell and bake at 350F for 20-30 minutes until firm but not too golden.
- If the top is browning, cover with foil.
flour, cold hard butter, sugar, cold water, white vinegar, eggs, sugar, lemon juice, orange juice
Taken from www.food.com/recipe/basic-french-styled-lemon-tart-298811 (may not work)