Christmas Recipes - Lemon Tart 

Ingredients:
Crust
250 g (8 oz) All purpose flour
250 g (8 oz) Iced sugar
125 g (4 oz) Butter
1 Pinch of salt
1 Egg

Filling
5 Eggs
250 ml (8 fl oz) Fresh lemon juice
250 g (8 oz) Caster sugar
125 ml ( 4 fl oz) Single cream

Topping
150 g Iced sugar
3 Eggs whites

Instructions :

Crust

1. Using an electric mixer, mix flour and sugar to combine.
2. Add the precut butter and pulse until the pastry comes together.
3. Form a ball, put in a plastic bag and refrigerate for an hour.
   
4. Grease an 24 cm wide tart pan (or a circle).
   
5. Roll out the dough and place it into the prepared tart pan.
6. Cover with bakingsheet paper on which you put dried beans.
7. Cook at 425 F (220°C) for 15-20 minutes.
8. Leave to cool on a wire rack.

Filling

1. Using electric beaters, beat the sugar with eggs.
2. Then add the lemon juice, and finally the cream.
   
3. Pour onto the pre baked tart shell and bake for 20 minutes at 356 F (180°C) until filling is set.
   
4. Leave to cool on a wire rack.
   

Topping

1. Using electric beaters, beat the egg whites until stiff peaks form.
2. Add the sugar and go on beating until firm.
3. Transfer into a pastry bag and pipe the meringue over the entire tart.
   
4. Pass under grill a few mns until golden brown.
   
5. Leave to cool before serving.