LEMON, BERRY, AND LAVENDER TART
Last summer my MIL bought me some culinary lavender, as well as, a cookbook on how to utilize this wonderful herb. This is one of my favorite recipes from that book- a lovely, purple tasting dessert. Simple enough for a picnic brunch, elegant enough for a dinner party.
Provided by BothFex
Categories Dessert
Time 40m
Yield 1 tart
Number Of Ingredients 11
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 400*.
- For the crust: whisk together the flour, salt, and 1 t.
- sugar.
- Cut in 1/2 cup butter until mixture resembles coarse crumbs.
- Pat into a tart pan (preferably one with a removable base), line with wax paper and fill with baking weights (or raw rice or beans) and bake 10 minutes.
- For the filling: Whisk eggs, 1 cup sugar, and lavender together.
- Add lemon juice and melted butter and mix well.
- Place cleaned berries in tart shell and pour filling over berries* and bake for 20 minutes or until golden.
- *If you have more custard then your tart can hold- pour in as much as you can then strain the lavender out of what's left over.
- Add lavender to tart.
- You want to make sure all that lavender goodness makes it into the dessert.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 3215.4, Fat 165.5, SaturatedFat 95.5, Cholesterol 1423.5, Sodium 1538.9, Carbohydrate 391.3, Fiber 10.8, Sugar 231.1, Protein 54.3
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