Almond Tart With Lemon Curd

Ingredients

32 gr almonds
32 gr flour
250 gr sugar
1 gr salt
230 gr butter
1 egg
4 gr vanilla
10 egg yolks
180 ml lemon juice

Instructions

Sweetened whipped cream Fresh fruit Mix almonds, flour, half cup sugar and salt in bowl. Rub butter pieces, bit by bit, into flour. Stir in egg and vanilla to form ball. Chill. Roll out onto 30 cm tart pan with removable bottom. Weight down with beans placed on waxed paper. Bake at 180ÂșC until golden, about 20 minutes. Cool. To make filling, mix egg yolks, 0.75 to 1 cup sugar and lemon juice in top of double boiler. Cook, stirring constantly over simmering water, until mixture coats back of metal spoon. Do not allow to boil. Remove from heat and whisk in half cup butter, bit by bit, until melted and smooth. Pour lemon curd into cooled tart shell. Chill until set. Remove sides of pan. Garnish with whipped cream and fruit. Makes 1 (12-inch) tart