Hello everybody, it is me, Dave, welcome to my recipe site. Today, I will show you a way to make a special dish, lemon curd tartlets. One of my favorites food recipes. This time, I’m gonna make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

In a small heavy saucepan over medium heat, whisk the eggs, sugar, lemon juice and zest until blended. Add butter; cook, whisking constantly, until mixture is thickened and coats the back of a metal spoon. Just before serving, spoon lemon curd into tart shells.

Lemon Curd Tartlets is one of the most popular of current trending meals on earth. It’s appreciated by millions daily. It is easy, it is fast, it tastes yummy. They are nice and they look wonderful. Lemon Curd Tartlets is something that I have loved my whole life.

To begin with this particular recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can cook lemon curd tartlets using 11 ingredients and 11 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make Lemon Curd Tartlets:

1. Take Lemon curd
2. Make ready 6 tbsp soft butter
3. Make ready 1 cup sugar
4. Get 2 eggs
5. Take 2 egg yolks
6. Prepare 1/2 cup fresh squeezed lemon juice.
7. Get Tart shells
8. Get 6 oz plain flour
9. Make ready 1 tbsp caster sugar
10. Prepare 120 grams cold butter
11. Prepare 2 tbsp cold water

Just before serving, spoon lemon curd into tart shells. Garnish with raspberries, mint leaves, and/or whipped cream, if desired. The fresh lemon in these tiny tarts just begs for a cup of hot tea. Garnish the tarts with berries or a fresh fruit slice to complete the afternoon tea experience!

Instructions to make Lemon Curd Tartlets:

1. For tartlet shells: In a bowl, stir flour with sugar.With pastry blender or fingertips cut or rub butter into flour mixture until it resembles coarse crumbs.
2. Sprinkle cold water a tbsp at a time into mixture, mixing lightly with a fork until dough just holds together. With hands shape dough into ball.Wrap and refrigerate for 30 mins
3. Preheat oven to 220°C/425°F/gas 7.On lightly floured surface with floured rolling pin roll out dough 3mm- 1/8 inch thick. With floured 3 inch round pastry cutter cut out as many rounds as possible. Repeat with remaining dough.
4. Press each round in tartlet tins .With fork prick shells in many places to prevent shrinkage and puffing during baking.Bake for 12/15 mins until lightly browned
5. Cool tartlets before filling them with lemon curd
6. For lemon curd: Cream together butter & sugar for 2 mins until light & fluffy. Add eggs one at a time. Then add yolks.
7. Beat until mixture becomes smooth and creamy light yellow.
8. Add lemon juice. Beat on low speed until incorporated.
9. Transfer to med sized saucepan and on low heat stir mixture is heated through and no longer looks curdled.
10. Keep stirring constantly for next 12 min on med heat until thickened.
11. Remove from heat and let it cool with cling wrap pressed directly on to the surface.

No time to make the lemon curd filling? Go ahead and warm purchased lemon curd and spoon into the cooled tart shells. This showstopping dessert tastes just as luscious as it looks! A tangy lemon curd filling is layered on a from-scratch buttery shortbread crust (just press right into the tart pan, no rolling required!) and garnished with beautiful, fresh berries to make this tart the star of any show. Top individual servings with sweetened whipped cream for an extra-sweet touch.

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