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Anna Olson’s Tarte au Citron

Yields
8 - 10 servings

A delicate pastry crust serves as the base for a delectable lemon curd filling. Incredible!

Makes 1 9-inch tart

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ingredients

Pastry

1/2
cup + 2 Tbsp unsalted butter, room temperature
1/2
cup + 2 Tbsp icing sugar, sifted
1
hard boiled large egg yolk
1
large egg yolk
½
tsp vanilla extract
1 ¾
cup cake and pastry flour, sifted
¼
tsp salt

Lemon Curd Filling

3
whole eggs
3
egg yolks
¾
cup sugar
1
tbsp lemon zest
cup fresh lemon juice
cup unsalted butter, cut into pieces
½
cup full fat sour cream
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directions

Step 1

Beat the butter and icing sugar together until smooth.

Step 2

Push the hard boiled egg yolk through a sieve and stir the raw egg yolk and vanilla into it. Add this to the butter mixture and stir until blended.

Step 3

Add the flour and salt to the butter mixture and stir until blended. Shape the dough into a disc (it will be very soft), wrap in plastic and chill until firm, about 2 hours.

Step 4

On a lightly floured work surface, gently knead the dough just a little soften, then roll it out to a circle about 12 inches across and ¼-inch thick. Carefully lift this and line a 9-inch removable-bottom fluted tart pan, press it into the bottom and sides and trim away any excess dough. Chill the tart shell for 30 minutes.

Step 5

Preheat the oven to 325 F. Place the chilled tart shell onto a baking tray and dock the bottom of the pastry with a fork. Bake the tart shell for about 20 minutes, until the edges just begin to brown. Cool the tart shell to room temperature.

Step 6

For the filling, whisk the eggs, egg yolks, sugar, lemon zest and lemon juice together in a metal bowl and place this over a pot of gently simmering water. After a minute, add the butter and continue to whisk until the curd has thickened, about 5 minutes. Remove the curd from the heat, strain and whisk in the sour cream. Pour the warm curd into the cooled tart shell and chill, uncovered, until set, about 2 hours.

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