Lemon Tart

Serves 6

Pastry

Ingredients

200 grams flour
100 grams sugar
100 grams butter, cut into small pieces
2 egg yolks
lemon essence
a pinch of salt

Method

Put the flour out onto the kitchen table, make a well in middle and put in the sugar, the butter pieces, the egg yolk, lemon essence and salt

Form into a paste without adding any water. Knead well.

Leave to rest for at least half an hour covered with a cloth

Take a tart form of 30 cm diameter

Set the oven at 150 degrees C

Roll out the pastry and lay in the tart form and bake till almost cooked

Take out of oven and allow to cool completely

Filling

Ingredients

Method

Beat the egg yolks with the sugar until frothy and white

Add the lemon juice and continue to beat slowly

Whip the egg whites till stiff

Mix the potato stard into the yolk mixture, then the mascarpone and continue to beat . Lightly fold through the stiff egg whites

Gently tip the mixture into the tart case and cook at 250 degrees C for 20 minutes. Then turn off the oven and leave the tart there for 10 minutes more

Remove from the oven and leave it to cool away from any drafts.