Lemon tarts
1 pie
Ingredients
| Quantity | Ingredient | |
|---|---|---|
| 3 | ounces | Flour |
| 2 | ounces | Butter |
| ¾ | ounce | Icing sugar |
| 2 | teaspoons | Cold water |
| Juice of a lemon | ||
| 2 | ounces | Caster sugar |
| 1 | Egg | |
| Icing sugar for dusting | ||
Directions
Set oven to 375øF or Mark 5. Grease deep patty tins (makes approximately six tarts). Sift the flour into a bowl. Rub in the butter and add the icing sugar. Add sufficient of the water to make a moist dough. Roll out on a floured surface, cut into rounds and line the patty tins. Bake blind for l4 minutes. Remove from the oven and reduce temperature to 350øF or Mark 4. Meanwhile beat together the egg, caster sugar and lemon juice. Fill the pastry cases with the mixture and bake until set and the pastry is nicelg browned. Serve hot or cold, but do not chill in the refrigerator.
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