Marie-Therese Amichaud-Debize’s lemon tart

July 13, 2014 (Last Updated: January 11, 2019)

Marie-Therese Amichaud-Debize’s lemon tart

Ingredients

  • juice of 2 lemons
  • 500ml (2 cups) milk
  • 125g castor sugar
  • 30ml (2 tbsp) cake flour
  • 15ml (1 tbsp) cornflour
  • 3 large eggs, separated
  • blind-baked shortcrust pastry shell

Instructions

1

Preheat the oven to 170°C.

2

To make the filling, beat together the lemon juice, milk, 4 tablespoons of the castor sugar, the flour, cornflour, egg yolks and 1 egg white.

3

Heat gently over a bain-marie, stirring constantly until the mixture thickens. Set aside and cool slightly.

4

Make a meringue topping by whisking together the remaining 6 tablespoons of castor sugar and the remaining 2 egg whites.

5

Fill the pastry shell with the cooled custard and top with the meringue. Bake for 15 – 20 minutes.

 

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