A delicious lemon tart from MasterChef Ireland
Ingredients
- shortcrust pastry
- 150 g flour
- 75 g butter
- 1 egg yolk
- pinch of salt
- teaspoon caster sugar
- lemon filling
- rind of 2 lemons
- juice of 1 lemon
- 1egg yolk
- 150 g caster sugar
- 85 g butter
- vanilla cream
- 100 ml double cream
- 0.5 vanilla pod
- 1 tsp caster sugar
- raspberries
Method
- Sieve the flour, salt and sugar and add the diced butter. Crumble between fingers to form crumbs. Add egg yolk and cold water if needed to combine a dough. Cover in cling film and chill for 30 minutes.
- Whip cream with ½ vanilla pod seeds and 1 tsp caster sugar. Set aside
- For the lemon filling, combine the sugar and butter. Add the egg and whisk until combined. Add lemon zest and juice and combine.
- Take out pastry and roll out. Cut shape and using a rolling pin, ease into tin and blind bake at 190° for 15 minutes. Add lemon mixture and cook for 20-30 minutes until set. When cool, place on serving plate with cream and raspberries.
