Lemon tart facts for kids
A served portion of Lemon tart
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| Type | Tart |
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| Place of origin | France |
| Main ingredients | Pastry shell, lemon paste |
A lemon tart (French: tarte au citron) is a dessert dish, a variety of tart. It has a pastry shell with a lemon flavored filling.
In the UK, lemon tart consists of a pastry case (often made in a fluted tart tin) containing a baked lemon custard (usually composed of eggs, sugar, lemon juice and cream). Usually recipes include blind-baking before adding the custard. Sometimes the tart is dusted with icing sugar prior to serving.
Alternatively, the lemon filling can be cooked in a saucepan and then added to the baked pastry case.
A dessert very similar to the lemon tart is the lemon pie, usually served for dessert, made with a crust usually made of shortcrust pastry and lemon custard filling. The lemon pie is prepared with a bottom pie crust. This pie is different from the lemon meringue pie, which has meringue on top. No upper crust is used, as in a cherry pie.
See also
In Spanish: Tarta de limón para niños
