Almond Tart with Lemon Curd
1By Just A Pinch KitchenCrew
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Ingredients
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ALMOND SHELL
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1/4 calmonds, finely chopped
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1.25 cflour, sifted
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1/2 csugar
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pinchsalt
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1/2 cbutter, cut into 1/2 inch cubes
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1egg
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1 tspvanilla
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LEMON CURD INGREDIENTS
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10egg yolks
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3/4 csugar
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3/4 clemon juice
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1/2 cbutter
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·sweetened whipped cream
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·fresh fruit, cut up
How to Make Almond Tart with Lemon Curd
- Mix almonds, flour, 1/2 cup sugar and salt in bowl.
- Rub butter pieces, bit by bit, into flour.
- Stir in egg and vanilla to form ball.
- Chill.
- Roll out onto 12-inch tart pan with removable bottom.
- Weight down with beans placed on waxed paper.
- Bake at 350 until golden, about 20 minutes.
- Cool.
- To make filling, mix egg yolks, 3/4 to 1 cup sugar and lemon juice in top of double boiler.
- Cook, stirring constantly over simmering water, until mixture coats back of metal spoon.
- Do not allow to boil.
- Remove from heat and whisk in 1/2 cup butter, bit by bit, until melted and smooth.
- Pour lemon curd into cooled tart shell.
- Chill until set.
- Remove sides of pan.
- Garnish with whipped cream and fruit.