Mini Lemon Custard Tart Recipe

Mini Lemon Custard Tart Recipe idea. Oven Baked in pre bought crusts with sour cream and egg filling, garnished with lemon zest for dessert.

Mini Lemon Custard Tart Recipe

Bake these delicious custard filling, mini lemon tartlets. A recipe idea for a dessert or fine dining event. Oven Baked with or with out a crust recipe. Easy recipe idea for tea snacks or treats. This recipe uses lemon juice and zest and thickened with sour cream and eggs. A delicious shortbread crust recipe is included or use store bought crusts.

What is lemon custard made of?

Custards are normally made up of egg yolks, creams, sugar and can be thickened with cornstarch. Adding the flavor you want to it. For this recipe we added lemon for the flavor.

How to tell if lemon tart is set?

When baking lemon tarts or tartlets, fill the crust to at least three quarter full or nearly full. Bake for the required amount of time. Then see if it is firm by testing it still has a little wobble in the center. When cooled it will be more settled.

How do you keep the bottom of a tart from getting soggy?

Pre cook such as blind bake your crusts before you add the filling. Follow the recipe attached for the instructions. Add the crust in a muffin pan for the shape and fill with uncooked rice or other.

Can you use puff pastry for the bottom of a tart?

Puff pastry is a delicious buttery light and flaky pastry and works very well with tarts and pies. Just love to use this pastry for as much as I can. Can be bought in a roll or homemade.

What are the types of lemon fillings called?

You can make lemon fillings for tartlets or tarts in different ways.

1. lemon juice with condensed milk and egg yolk.ie; Easy Lemon Meringue Tart
2. lemon juice with homemade curd. ie; How to Make Lemon Curd
3. Lemon custard fillings for tarts. Which normally uses creams and or cornstarch for a thickener. ie; (View the recipe attached)

Ingredients

36 individual pre-made tart crusts (make Easy Shortbread Crust Pastry)
For the filling

1. lemon juice
2. lemon zest
3. sugar
4. eggs
5. sour cream

Make your own Easy Shortbread Crust Pastry for these delicious desserts. It is so easy. Get the recipe amounts as well as the full instructions by clicking on the highlighted heading for the recipe.

How To

Line a baking sheet with parchment or grease the sheet. Line out the pre-made tart shells. Preheat the oven to 190 Deg. C (375 deg. F)

You do not have pre bought crust for these tarts then make them with an Easy Shortbread Crust Pastry . Most delicious pastry crust.

In a medium bowl, combine the lemon juice, zest, sugar, eggs and sour cream. Mix until
combined well.

Transfer the filling to a measuring cup with a pour spout (or similar) and carefully fill
each tart shell just below the top edge.

Bake in the preheated oven for 20-24 minutes or until the filling is set.

Allow to cool.

Top with additional lemon zest to garnish.

Delicious lemon custard tarts for desserts for a fine dining event or tea for a special event. They keep well in an airtight container in the fridge for up to 3 days.

Recommendations

(click on the highlighted heading for the recipe)

Make this loaf cake for a dessert —-> Homemade Lemon Drizzle Loaf Cake

View and serve these amazing fine dining desserts —->  Gourmet Fine Dining Desserts Recipes

A homemade crust to make —- Easy Shortbread Crust Pastry

Different lemon tarts and tartlets to create —-> Tasty Milk Tart Recipe and Mini Lemon Curd Tartlets and Lemon Curd and Blueberry Tartlets and Easy Lemon Meringue Tart and 15 Mini Tartlets Dessert Recipes and 17 Tangy Lemon Dessert Recipes

Make some lemon curd —-> How to Make Lemon Curd and Mini Lemon Curd Filled Meringue

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