Monday Munchies #23

MrsDrWho's Dad really likes lemon and so at tea tonight there were lemon tarts. I cheated and bought the tart cases, frozen. Too many things are happening and I couldn't guarantee nice home made pastry. This is the easiest recipe and it tastes, and looks, pretty fabulous with minimum effort!!

Sometimes I don't want to make enough lemon filling to feed an army, so this is just enough for four people, I think.

Very Lemony Tartlets makes 12

• 12 small lemon tart cases or your own!!
• 1 egg
  
• finely grated zest and juice of 1 lemon
• 1/4 cup caster sugar
• 1 heaped teaspoon of cornflour
• 1 1/2 tablespoons of plain flour
  
• 40g of melted butter, cooled

Cook the tart cases as per instructions and cool. Set oven to 180*C while you make the filling.

Put all ingredients in a bowl and whisk till combined.

That's it. Make sure there are no lumps of flour.

Fill each tart case almost to the brim and then bake for 10-15 minutes. The filling should be set.

Cool for a few minutes to eat warm with cream and a sifting of icing sugar. Or refrigerate for delayed gratification.

Comments

[Janette]

Oh yum!

[Jan]

Yum, indeed. I make my lemon curd from a recipe from an old Mrs Beeton's but as you say, it's enough for an army. Or at lest a couple of weeks for those who love the stuff. This is nice and simple. I just might make some later in the week to take out on Saturday. Later meaning late Friday evening in the hope of there being some left to pack on Saturday!

[isis]

oh we have heaps of lemons at the moment and i'm nearly on holidays... i can feel some backing coming on

[drk]

oh how i love me a lemon tart. these do sound very easy!

[pixie]

mmmmmmmmmmmmm yummy!!!!

[Jennifer Rose]

i must make these :D i love lemon tarts :D

[Jejune]

Oh they look delicious! I wonder if I could figure out how to make them 'failsafe' - hmmm, I think I'd just have to make the pastry cases from scratch, and use a citric acid / water / sugar solution instead of the lemon juice. It could work!

[Lois]

I'm definitely with MrsDrWho....I just love lemony things too!! These look lovely.

[Laurie (Moo!)]

They look so good, I'm starting to get hungry! Tom makes the best pie crust. Thanks for the idea and hope you had a wonderful tea.

[Sarah]

Oh, I want one! I love lemony treats. I sometimes make lemon squares. When I get through all the cherries, I'll have to use lemons next.

[Ann]

Yummy. Thanks for the recipe. My girls will love them.