Super Easy Lemon Tart Recipe
Live your dream of baking a fancy dessert at home for your weekend dinner party with this plan-ahead-and-assemble-later Lemon Tart recipe. All in all, what makes sense is that this recipe is an absolute love when you have some guests coming over and you feel like making something new for them.
Essentially this dessert recipe is a 3-step recipe to make some no-bake Lemon Tart recipe on your special day. Let’s begin step-wise:
Making the Lemon Curd for this easy Lemon Tart recipe
Lemon curd as you all know is a super easy lemon zest infused Lemon spread which can be made into so many varieties of desserts. It is a one-time effort which includes some fresh citrusy Lemon and Limes and some butter. Now, if you are wondering how to make some Lemon Curd at home, then I have a super easy DIY Lemon Curd recipe for your rescue.
Making The Sweet Pie Crust or Tart Shell Recipe
As difficult as it may sound, if I have mastered it, then so can you!
It’s my 100% guarantee that you can never go wrong with this recipe and there is no longer any need to buy those pre-baked tart shells from your nearby supermarket. Just handful of ingredients and you can make yourself crispy and buttery Shortcrust Pie Shell at home. I have both, Classic as well as Eggless versions of Pie Crust Recipes in the post. Check out my recipe for Easy Pie Crust here.
Now, coming back to getting done with this recipe to get that store-bought like Lemon Tart for dessert.
Now make store-bought like Lemon Tart easily at home. This easy Lemon Tart recipe is the one you need. you will also find the Shortcrust Pastry Tart Shell recipe inside.
- 1 cup Plain Vanilla Custard
- 1/4 cup Lemon Curd
- 1 Tart Shell Pre-Baked
- 1/2 cup Whipping Cream Chilled
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Make plain Vanilla Custard using some Full-Cream Milk and Vanilla Custard Powder. We need 1 cup of Custard so you might need 1 liter of Milk to get that.
Let it chill and thicken so that we get a hard set custard.
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Once the custard has cooled down completely, even better if chilled add the Lemon Curd and whisk it thoroughly.
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Take the pre-baked Tart shell and fill it with the Lemon Curd-Custard filling upto 2/3 of it.
Allow it to set in refrigerator for 2-3 hours.
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Meanwhile whisk the chilled Whipping Cream with granulated sugar and a few drops of Vanilla Extract and zest of Lime.
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Before serving decorate the tart with some of the whipped cream. You may also fill a piping bag fitted with star tip and make florets of the top of the tart.
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