Food Academy- Lemon Tart

Making your own sweet short pastry is easy when you know how. We did not have time to rest the pastry after the kneading when we did this at school. At home, let your pastry rest.

Our lemon mix filled up our pastry to the top. Be careful when placing the tart in the oven, try not to slop the mix in the oven.

Short Sweet Pastry

Makes 400g

Ingredients

·      Flour, 1 ½ cups

·      Salt, ¼ tsp

·      Butter, soft, 125g

·      Icing sugar, 1/3 cup

·      Egg, 1

Method

1.    Sieve flour and salt together.

2.    Rub in the butter until the texture is like crumbs.

3.    Make a well in the centre.

4.    Beat the egg with the sugar to dissolve it.

5.    Pour the egg and sugar into the well.

6.    Gently and quickly mix to make firm dough.

7.    Rest pastry before use.

Lemon Tart

Ingredients

·      Sweet pastry, 400g

·      Eggs, 4

·      Sugar, ¾ cup

·      Lemon juice, 50ml

·      Lemon zest, 2 tsp

·      Cream, 100ml

·      Icing sugar, to dredge

Method

1.    Line a solid flan ring with the pastry, dock and bake blind until brown on the edges.

2.    Beat eggs and sugar together.

3.    Add juice and zest and stir well.

4.    Stir in the cream.

5.    Pour into the flan case.

6.    Bake at 150⁰C for 30-40 minutes, until set.

7.    Allow to cool.

8.    Sprinkle with icing sugar and caramelize with heat gun.