SWEET BAKERY LEMON MERINGUE TARTS

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Make and share this Sweet Bakery Lemon Meringue Tarts recipe from Food.com.

Provided by byZula

Categories     Tarts

Time 1h

Yield 8 tartletts

Number Of Ingredients 14

1 cup confectioners' sugar
1 1/2 cups flour
1/2 teaspoon salt
3/4 cup ground almonds
2 teaspoons almond extract
1 cup unsalted butter
8 egg yolks
1 1/2 cups sugar
1 cup fresh lemon juice
2 lemons, zest of
4 tablespoons butter
8 egg whites
3 cups sugar
1 pinch cream of tartar

Steps:

  • Preheat oven to 350°F Butter 8 tartlet pans and set aside. Put the sugar, salt, flour, almonds, and almond extract in the bowl of a food processor and process to mix. With the machine running, add the butter in the feed tube about 2 tbsp at a time. Process until dough forms a ball.
  • Press dough into tartlet pans and bake until golden brown, about 20 minutes. Remove from the oven and let cool.
  • To prepare the curd, put the lime juice, zest, sugar, and egg yolks in a metal bowl, whisk until the curd thickens and coats the back of a spoon.
  • Pour into prepared tartlet shells.
  • To prepare the meringue, put the egg whites and the cream of tartar in the bowl of a heavy duty mixer and mix on high speed until the egg whites are very fluffy.
  • With machine running add the sugar a little at a time. Continue to whip on a high speed until whites are shiny and stiff peaks form.
  • Place meringue in a pastry bag fitted with a large star tip and pipe over the curd.
  • To brown the outside if the tartlets, place the tartlets on a broiler pan and brown.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 962, Fat 37.6, SaturatedFat 20.1, Cholesterol 265.1, Sodium 252.6, Carbohydrate 150.7, Fiber 1.8, Sugar 128.8, Protein 10.8

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