Delicious Lemon Tart

Total Time: 1 hr 35 mins Preparation Time: 45 mins Cook Time: 50 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 3/4 cup butter, at room temperature
• 3 tablespoons confectioners' sugar
• 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 2 eggs, at room temperature
• 3/4 cup granulated sugar
• 2 lemons, juice and zest of, grated
• 3/4 cup butter, at room temperature
• 1 lemon
• granulated sugar, to sprinkle

Recipe

• 1 to start the dough, cream together the butter and confectioners' sugar using a mixer.
• 2 add the flour and mix until consistency becomes course/grainy.
• 3 place dough in a ziplock bag and chill for 30 minutes.
• 4 press and form dough into 10-inch tart pan covering bottom and sides.
• 5 preheat oven to 425 degrees.
• 6 bake for 10 minutes, then remove and cool.
• 7 reduce oven heat to 350 degrees and hold to wait for tart.
• 8 next, blend together the granulated sugar and the eggs.
• 9 mix in the lemon juice, grated lemon peel, and butter, combine well.
• 10 put tart pan on a cookie sheet for stability and pour the filling mix into the tart shell.
• 11 using a potato peeler, peel the outer rind off another lemon so that only the "pith" (thin layer) remains.
• 12 make 8 thin slices from that lemon and place them carefully on the tart.
• 13 place tart on tray in oven and bake for 35 minutes ( at 350 degrees).
• 14 remove from oven and sprinkle granulated sugar on the lemon slices.
• 15 increase oven to high broil and place tart back in oven on the top rack allowing to brown lightly on top.
• 16 **watch this closely as you can easily burn the crust or the tart.***.
• 17 cool tart completely before serving.
• 18 enjoy! ;).
• 19 ***hint- a culinary torch/ creme brylee torch could be used to brown the top of the tart if desired**.