Lime Custard Tart
- 1 cup plus 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
- 1/4 cup sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 3/4 stick (6 tablespoons) unsalted butter, softened
- 1 large egg, lightly beaten
- 6 large eggs
- 1 cup heavy cream
- 1 cup sugar
- 2/3 cup fresh lime juice
- Garnish: confectioners sugar
- Special equipment: an 8-inch fluted tart pan (2 inches deep) with a removable bottom; pie weights or raw rice
- Pulse together all crust ingredients in a food processor or beat with an electric mixer until a dough forms.
- Press dough evenly onto bottom and up side of tart pan with floured fingers.
- Chill shell until firm, about 30 minutes.
- Preheat oven to 350F.
- Line shell with foil and fill with 1 inch of pie weights, then bake in middle of oven until edge is pale golden, about 22 minutes.
- Carefully remove foil and bake shell until edge is golden and bottom is pale golden, about 20 minutes more.
- Cool completely in pan on a rack.
- Reduce oven temperature to 300F.
- Mix together all custard ingredients in a bowl with a whisk (do not beat) until just combined.
- Set tart shell (in tart pan) in a shallow baking pan and pour three fourths of custard into shell.
- Carefully put tart in middle of oven and pour remaining custard into shell with a small cup.
- Bake tart until just set in center, about 1 hour.
- Cool tart completely in tart pan on rack, then chill, covered, until cold, at least 2 hours.
- Just before serving, remove side of pan.
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Taken from www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/lime-custard-tart-107435 (may not work)