Strawberry-Lemon Tart
- 1 cup chopped walnuts
- 2 tablespoons dry bread crumbs
- 1 cup sugar
- 13 cup strawberry preserves
- 4 eggs
- 13 cup fresh lemon juice
- 6 tablespoons cooled melted unsalted butter
- 1 pint strawberries, hulled and halved lengthwise
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
- Place the walnuts, bread crumbs and three tablespoons of the sugar in a food processor and process until the nuts are finely ground but have not become a paste.
- Press the nut mixture into the bottom and sides of an eight- or nine-inch straight-sided tart pan.
- Place in the oven and bake about 10 minutes, until the nut crust just begins to color.
- Spread the crust with two tablespoons of the preserves.
- Beat eggs with remaining sugar and lemon juice.
- Stir in melted butter.
- Pour this mixture into tart shell, return to oven and bake about 35 minutes, until custard has set.
- Cool to room temperature, then spread the surface with the remaining preserves and arrange the strawberry slices in a pattern on top.
walnuts, bread crumbs, sugar, strawberry preserves, eggs, lemon juice, butter, strawberries
Taken from cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/8434 (may not work)