
How To Make Classic Lemon Meringue Tart
You can never go wrong with a great recipe for a classic lemon meringue tart. This dessert gives you just the perfect balance of tart & sweet in every bite.
Serves:
Ingredients
For Crust:
- 5cupsall purpose flour
- 2cupspowdered sugar
- salt
- 1lbunsalted butter
- 6largeegg yolks
- beans or pie weights,dried
For Filling:
- 7juice of lemons,finely zest and strained, grated
- 1Âľcupgranulated sugar
- 6largeeggs
- 9largeegg yolks
- 2½stick unsalted butter
For Meringue:
- 5largeegg whites
- ÂĽtspcream of tartar
- ÂĽtspsalt
- ÂĽcupgranulated sugar
Instructions
Crust:
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Place flour, sugar, a pinch of salt, and butter in food processor. Pulse until crumbly. Add egg yolks. Process until ingredients are fully combined and mixture forms a ball.
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Heat oven to 325 degrees F. Press crust evenly into 10-inch tart pan. Prick bottom and sides with fork.
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Fill crust with dried beans or pie weights. Bake until golden brown. Remove from oven; discard beans or pie weights. Cool crust on rack.
Filling:
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Place all ingredients except butter in large saucepan over very low heat. Whisk continuously until eggs have broken up, sugar has dissolved, and mixture looks thick.
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Add half of butter and continue whisking until mixture thickens and will coat back of a spoon. Add remaining butter. Continue whisking to prevent mixture from curdling.
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Remove filling from heat, place on cold surface, and whisk until lukewarm to touch.
Meringue:
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Place egg whites, cream of tartar, and salt in a large bowl. With electric mixer at low speed, beat until soft peaks begin to form.
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Increase speed to medium and add sugar, 1 tablespoon at a time, beating just until stiff peaks form. Do not overbeat.
Assemble:
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Place baking rack in middle of a 450-degree-F oven. Spoon filling decoratively into baked shell, mounding it in center and spreading to outer edge so it touches the crust.
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Spoon meringue on top. Bake until meringue is lightly brown on edges, which takes about 5 to 7 minutes; do not allow it to overcook.
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Remove and cool on rack. Refrigerate at least 3 hours before serving.
Nutrition
- Calories:Â 1149.00kcal
- Fat:Â 70.09g
- Saturated Fat:Â 41.30g
- Trans Fat:Â 2.42g
- Monounsaturated Fat:Â 19.62g
- Polyunsaturated Fat:Â 4.18g
- Carbohydrates:Â 116.76g
- Fiber:Â 2.82g
- Sugar:Â 64.99g
- Protein:Â 17.14g
- Cholesterol:Â 546.53mg
- Sodium:Â 727.37mg
- Calcium:Â 89.49mg
- Potassium:Â 250.45mg
- Iron:Â 4.44mg
- Vitamin A: 649.05µg
- Vitamin C:Â 21.52mg
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