lemon curd tartlette w/blueberry strawberry sauce

Methuen, MA
Updated on Mar 21, 2013

I am not a baker at all, but occasionally I like to give it a shot. This is one of my favorite desserts ever! I has such a bright lemon flavor. I can't recommend this enough! Hope you enjoy it as much as we do. Thanks Monica

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Ingredients

  • 1 - prepared pie crust
  • 4 - lemons, juiced
  • - zest of 3 lemons (zest before you squeeze)
  • 1 1/3 cups sugar
  • 5 - eggs at room temperature
  • - small pinch of salt
  • 1 1/2 sticks room temperature unsalted butter
  • 1/2 pint blueberries
  • 1/2 pint strawberries sliced
  • 2+ tablespoons lemon juice
  • - whipped cream, sweetened

How To Make lemon curd tartlette w/blueberry strawberry sauce

  • Step 1
    Preheat the oven to 400. Place the pie crust in the buttered individual tart pans or one large one. Put fork marks along the bottom to help keep it from puffing up and cook in the oven until lightly brown. remove.
  • Step 2
    In a sauce pan (Before you put the heat on) Add lemon juice, zest, eggs, salt and sugar and mix till well combined.
  • Step 3
    Turn the heat on medium and stir with a whisk until it thickens to almost a pudding.
  • Step 4
    take the pan off the heat and add two tablespoons of butter at a time mixing until it is all mixed in. Repeat this until the butter is all gone.
  • Step 5
    Pour the curd into the tart pans and place in a 300 degree oven until the curd is set. Remove and let the curd cool. Either serve at this point or refrigerate.
  • Step 6
    While the tarts are cooling mix the berries, sugar, lemon juice together and let them marry together.
  • Step 7
    When you are ready to serve place whipped cream on and then cover with the berry mixture. So fresh and bright and lemoniscious!

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Category: Pies
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