Lemon Or Lime Rich Tart

Total Time: 50 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• 16 tablespoons butter
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1/4 cup confectioners' sugar
• 1 pinch salt
• 1 1/4 cups flour
• 2 large eggs, room temperature
• 3 large egg yolks, room temperature
• 1 cup sugar
• 1/2 cup lemon, fresh (or lime juice about 4 lemons or 5 limes)

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350°f.
• 2 melt 8 tablespoons unsalted butter and let cool.
• 3 combine melted butter, 1/2 tsp vanilla extract, 1/4 cup confectioners' sugar and pinch of salt and blend with a spoon.
• 4 gradually add flour till you form a smooth, soft dough with a consistency similar to cookie dough.
• 5 place in center of tart pan and press down with fingertips as evenly as possible on bottom and sides of the pan.
• 6 bake in the center of the oven for 12 to 15 minutes, till it's lightly browned. you do not need to prick or weigh this crust.
• 7 while the pie crust is baking, cut rest of the butter into 8 pieces.
• 8 combine eggs, egg yolks and sugar in double boiler.
• 9 place over simmering water. the top pan should be just above, not touching the simmering (not boiling) water.
• 10 whisk, and watch the mixture transform. it will start bright yellow and grainy. as the sugar melts it become more liquid, paler, and frothy on top. after about 8 to 10 minutes it will thicken and become pale lemon colored.
• 11 add butter, one piece at a time, letting each piece melt before adding the next.
• 12 add the lemon or lime juice. if you want, when lime put in a bit of green food coloring, just so people eating the pie will know what flavor to expect.
• 13 continue whisking until the mixture is thick and custard like and the first bubbles appear. do not let it boil. it will take 3 or 4 minutes.
• 14 pour the filling into the baked pie crust and smooth with spatula.
• 15 leave to set for 30 minutes. you can put it in the refrigerator.
• 16 serve at room temperature.