Almond shortbread lemon curd tart
- 1 cup all purpose flour
- 3/4 cup finely ground almonds (almond meal)
- 1/2 cup sugar (i used 1/4 cup xylitol and 1/4 cup Splenda)
- 12 tbsp butter (1 1/2 stick) softened and cut into pieces
- 1 tsp salt
- 6 lemons
- 1 cup sugar (again i used half half xylitol and splenda)
- 8 egg yolks
- 8 tbsp butter
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 1 pints blueberries
- Cream 12tbsp of butter with 1/2 cup sugar.
- When lighter in color start adding flours and salt.
- It will come out kind of crumbly but when squish it in your hand should hold together.
- Preheat oven to 350 and press the shortbread mixture to a pie plate, bottom and about 1/2inch up the sides.
- Bake for 10-15 min, until edges just slightly colored.
- Now start with curd.
- With veggie peeler peel skin from lemons(try not to get too much white stuff).
- After peeling cut lemons in half and juice them
- Throw lemon skins with 1cup sugar into food processor and pulse until skins are completely blended with sugar and no large pieces left, about 2-3 min
- Now start adding 8tbsp softened butter and keep blending.
- When creamed add egg yolks, one at a time.
- When everything incorporated add lemon juice and salt blend few more seconds
- Put the lemon curd mixture into saucepan and simmer stirring constantly for about10min.
- It will have a texture of looser pudding.
- Pour curd into baked shell and sprinkle with blueberries.
- Bring back to oven for 10more min.
- Cool on a counter and then put in the refrigerator for few hours, it will be easier to cut.
- Enjoy
flour, ground almonds, sugar, butter, salt, lemons, sugar, egg yolks, butter, salt, blueberries
Taken from cookpad.com/us/recipes/349532-almond-shortbread-lemon-curd-tart (may not work)