My lemon tart recipe

Hello,

This is the first of two delicious dessert recipes we’ve got for you this month – easy-to-produce favourites for your Panasonic Combination Microwave. The first step for either is to make up a tart pastry case; or to save time you can buy this ready-made, or very good sweet pastry is available and you can then create the case:

Method

Line a tart ring on a microwave oven tray with greaseproof paper and the ready-made sweet pastry. Shape it to the ring and lay in some dry beans, to cover the bottom and weigh it down. Pre-bake it on the convection setting at 170 degrees Celsius for 35 minutes. Halfway through, check the tart is cooking evenly, otherwise rotate the whole tray, not the ring on the tray.

Beforehand and while the tart case is baking, make up the filling mix:

Ingredients

• 250ml lemon juice
• 380g sugar
• 20g lemon zest
• 8 medium-sized eggs (approx. 60g each)
• 250g double cream

Method

First, reduce the lemon juice in a pan with 280g of the sugar, for 5 minutes on high heat – just to evaporate the water within the juice. Then remove it from heat, add the zest and leave it to one side.

Mix together the eggs and the remaining 100g of sugar thoroughly, then pour in the lemon mix, add the cream, stir and leave it all to infuse for 1 hour.

Pass this mixture through a sieve into a pan and, with the tart case ready, heat it on a medium heat, stirring continuously until it reaches 70 degrees Celsius.

Pour the filling mixture into the tart case and cook in your Panasonic combination microwave at 100 degrees Celsius for 35 minutes.

Rest it for 10 minutes before serving, or allow to cool and serve cold.

Enjoy!

Daniel Galmiche

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