Citrus Tart

Dessert Baking
Photo of Citrus Tart

Ingredients

  • BASE
  • 125g butter
  • 1 cup flour
  • 1/2 cup icing sugar
  • FILLING
  • 1 cup caster sugar
  • 1/2 cup lemon juice
  • Grated rind of 2 lemons
  • 2 tbsp custard powder
  • 1/2 tsp baking powder
  • 3 eggs

Method

  1. Place all base ingredients in a food processor and blend until the dough clumps together.
  2. Press mixture into and up the sides of a lined 21cm loose-bottomed flan tin using floured hands.
  3. Refrigerate base for at least 30 minutes.
  4. Preheat oven to 180°C.
  5. Add all filling ingredients to a cleaned food processor and blend until well combined.
  6. Pour filling into chilled tart base.
  7. Bake for approx. 25 minutes, or until pastry is golden and filling is set.
  8. Cool slightly, then dust with icing sugar.
  9. Serve with berries, yoghurt, and mint leaf garnish if desired.