Lemon Tarts

Ingredients

• Your favourite pie crust
• 2 lemons
• 150 gms sugar
• 55 gms unsalted butter, room temperature
• 2 extra-large eggs
• 1/2 cup lemon juice (3 to 4 lemons)
• pinch of salt

Directions

• Grate the lemons carefully to get the zest. Put the zest in a food processor alongwith the sugar and grind.

• Cream the butter with the sugar and lemon mixture. Add the eggs, 1 at a time, and then add the lemon juice and salt. Mix until combined.

1. Pour the mixture into a saucepan and cook over low heat until thickened (about 10 minutes), stirring constantly. 

• Remove from the heat and cool or refrigerate.

• Roll out the pie crust and bake blind at 180 C till done.

• Fill with the cooled lemon curd.