Lemon Tarts
- 2 cups plain flour, sifted
- 100 g cold salted butter
- 5 -6 tablespoons chilled water
- 12 can condensed milk
- 2 tablespoons lemon juice
- 1 teaspoon grated lemon, rind of
- 4 -5 drops yellow food coloring
- 12 cup whipped cream
- 1 tablespoon powdered sugar
- 8 -9 glace cherries
- ---------Forfilling-------.
- Beat condensed milk, juice, colour together.
- Add rind, mix well.
- Chill till required.
- Beat cream till stiff, add sugar, mix.
- Put in a large star nozzled piping bag.
- Refrigerate till required.
- Wash glazed cherries, drain.
- Chop into 4 lengthwise, and keep aside.
- --------Forpastry----------.
- Cut butter into flour with a cold knife.
- With finger lightly mix to get a bread crumbs like mixture.
- Sprinkle chilled water.
- Use a knife or fork, and form a ball of dough.
- Do not handle too much, roll into thick round on a cold (marble or stone) surface.
- Grease small tart moulds, cut rounds of pastry, place in moulds.
- Press down lightly, prick gently with a fork here and there.
- Bake blind in preheated oven at 180C degrees for 15 minutes.
- Remove, cool, and carefully take shells out of moulds.
- Cool completely on a wire rack.
- Fill each with filling, pipe a swirl of cream, decorate with chopped cherries.
- Serve cold, with vanilla icecream if desired.
flour, butter, water, condensed milk, lemon juice, grated lemon, coloring, whipped cream, powdered sugar, glace cherries
Taken from www.food.com/recipe/lemon-tarts-9884 (may not work)