Meyer Lemon Curd + Tart Recipe

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Along amongst hosting a giveaway hither on the weblog today, Heather is sharing 2 of her signature recipes amongst us, a beautiful Meyer Lemon Curd as well as a Meringue Tart recipe to operate amongst it. I've also created a printable lemon curd label set inwards illustration y'all wishing to gift them. The curd recipe as well as book would hold upwards a overnice gift to give for Mother's Day (perhaps)? Check out the recipes below, as well as hold upwards certain to operate into to win a re-create inwards the comments (they'll transportation worldwide)!. We'll choice a winner Monday! Good luck!

MEYER LEMON CURD
If y'all honey lemon, y'all volition build this recipe as well as and hence post me a handwritten banker's complaint maxim give thank y'all you sweetness lady for introducing me to Lemon Curd. You are welcome. Now operate for a jog.

Makes near four jars

v eggs
1 1⁄2 cups (300 g) granulated carbohydrate
1 1⁄2 cups (360 ml) fresh Meyer lemon juice (available wintertime to spring)
1 1⁄2 cups (375 g) unsalted butter, cubed
1⁄4 teaspoon salt

1 Place the eggs, sugar, as well as lemon juice inwards a double boiler. If y'all don't accept a double boiler purpose a large bowl on tiptop of a large saucepan as well as tally the pan inwards house amongst an oven mitt on. Whisk until polish as well as operate along whisking for near 5–7 minutes, until the mixture thickens. Remove from the rut as well as stir inwards the cubed butter as well as salt. Stir until it melts. Voila!

2 At this holler for y'all tin choose care of a spoon as well as enjoy, or ladle into jars to maintain inwards the refrigerator for a few weeks. You tin also allow cool completely inwards the refrigerator as well as and hence purpose it inwards a pie or tart (opposite).

NOTE: I accept tried making this amongst regular lemons, but institute it is non equally good. Meyer lemons are sweeter as well as accept less bite. If y'all create purpose regular lemons, as well as hence y'all may desire to add together an extra ¼ loving cup (50 g) sugar.

Click here to impress the labels. And teach the Meringue tart recipe later the jump!

MERINGUE TARTS
Now that y'all are inwards honey amongst the previous recipe for Lemon Curd, y'all volition build these tarts as well as and hence post me a banker's complaint maxim I am wicked equally y'all accept exactly eaten 3 of them—it’s OK … I did too!

Makes four tarts
1 jolt (1 pint) Meyer Lemon Curd (see opposite) for filling

For the meringue:
four egg whites (general dominion of pollex for meringue is 1 egg white to 1⁄4 loving cup (50 g) sugar)
1 loving cup (200 g) superfine (caster) sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract (see page 129)

For the crumb crust:
1 1⁄4 cups (125 g) graham cracker (digestive biscuit) crumbs
1⁄4 loving cup (50 g) granulated carbohydrate
1⁄4 loving cup (60 g) butter, melted

1 Preheat the oven to 350°F/180°C/Gas 4.

2 Beat the egg whites inwards a stand upwards mixer or amongst a hand-held electrical whisk until they get down to draw solid up. Slowly showtime to add together the sugar. You may involve to halt as well as scrape downwards the sides. Keep beating for near xv minutes until the egg whites are draw solid as well as tin stand upwards up on their ain as well as the carbohydrate has dissolved completely. Fold inwards the vanilla extract.

3 Mix the crumb crust ingredients together inwards a bowl. Press the mixture firmly into individual, lined muffin pans or a pie plate—I used parchment (greaseproof) paper, because if y'all haven't noticed yet, I purpose it a lot.

four Bake the crust inwards the preheated oven for near 10 minutes. Let the shells cool completely as well as and hence spoon inwards your lemon curd filling.

v Pile the meringue high equally y'all tin on tiptop of the lemon curd—simply because it's fun as well as looks really cool.

vi Bake the tarts inwards the oven for approximately other 10 minutes, but maintain your oculus on them, hence the meringue doesn't over-brown. Let cool as well as and hence devour.

Farm Fresh Recipes

by Heather Cameron

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