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Caramelized Lemon Tart

Caramelized Lemon Tart

Lemon tarts are seasonless, making this the ultimate year-round dessert.

Martha Stewart Living, April/May 1992 http://www.marthastewart.com/339012/caramelized-lemon-tart
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  • Yield Makes one 12-inch tart

Ingredients

    • 2 cups sugar, plus more for caramelizing top
    • 1 cup freshly squeezed lemon juice, strained
    • 12 large egg yolks
    • Zest of 2 lemons
    • 1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter, cut into pieces
    • 1 twelve-inch <u>Pate Sucree</u>, tart shell, baked and cooled

Directions

  1. Place sugar and lemon in a large stainless-steel bowl. Push yolks through a sieve into bowl, and whisk to combine.
  2. Set bowl over a pot of simmering water, and stir slowly until mixture thickens, 15 to 20 minutes. Cook 5 minutes more.
  3. Remove bowl from heat, and stir in zest. Stir in butter piece by piece until completely melted. Pour into cooled tart shell. Chill until firm, at least 1 hour.
  4. Preheat broiler. Remove outer ring from tart pan, and place pan on a large cookie sheet. Place outer ring upside down on top to protect pastry from burning.
  5. Sift a thin layer of sugar evenly over top, and place under broiler. Watch carefully; remove tart when top is evenly browned.

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