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Key Lime curd Tartlette
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Key Lime Curd Tartlet

You'll love this tart and fresh Key Lime Curd. Perfect as it is or as a filling for cakes or pies.
Prep Time25 minutes
Cook Time25 minutes
Total Time50 minutes
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Servings: 8
Calories: 740kcal
Author: Chef Dennis adapted from Fine Cooking

Ingredients

  • 8 oz unsalted butter – softened
  • cup granulated sugar
  • 1 cup fresh key lime juice
  • 1 teaspoon finely grated lime zest
  • 12 large egg yolks
  • Pinch of salt
  • For the tartlet shells
  • 2 cups all-purpose flour
  • ½ cup walnuts (ground in food processor)
  • cup flour
  • ½ teaspoon baking powder
  • ¼ teaspoon salt
  • 8 tablespoon unsalted butter, cold and cut into small pieces (1 stick)
  • 2 Large Eggs
  • ¼ cup Ice water if needed

Instructions

  • Cream butter and sugar in stand mixer until light and fluffy
  • Add in egg yolks slowly mix well.
  • Add in salt, lime juice and zest and mix well
  • Place in a heatproof bowl over a small pot of simmering water and using a Wooden spoon continue to mix until thickened.
  • Allow mixture to cool to room temperature, then refrigerates for at least 4 hours before using.
  • While the Lime Curd is chilling start the Tartlette shells
  • Add the flour, ground walnuts,sugar and salt in the food processor and pulse 2 times to mix.
  • Scatter the butter over the flour mix and pulse 7 or 8 times to cut in the butter.
  • Add Eggs one at a time and pulse 2 -3 times to incorporate.
  • Fluff mixture with the fork and then if needed add ice water a little at a time, pulse 5 or 6 times or until the dough begins to form clumps, do not let the dough form a ball on the blade!
  • The dough should look like coarse crumbs,dump onto a floured work area and form into two equal balls, shape into cylinders, wrap with cling wrap and refrigerate for at least ½ hour.
  • After dough has chilled remove one cylinder from the refrigerator and allow to warm up for 5 Minutes.
  • Slice this dough into 4 equal pieces and roll out the dough until you have a disc big enough for your tartlette pan.
  • After setting up your tartlette pans with all the dough, Line each pan with foil and fill with pie weights
  • Place the pans in the refrigerator and allow the dough to chill for 30 minutes.
  • Bake shells in a preheated 375-degree oven for 10-12 minutes, remove the foil and prick the bottom of each shell with a fork.
  • Return to oven and bake 10-15 minutes longer or until golden brown.
  • Allow shells to completely cool on wire rack.
  • When Lime curd is fully chilled, fill each tart shell with lime curd, top with a dollop of whipped cream and serve.

Notes

*curd will look curdled after mixing in the lime juice, don’t worry it will become velvety smooth *chilling the dough before baking will keep it from shrinking away from the sides of the pan *I used a food processor for my dough, feel free to do it the old fashioned way

Nutrition

Calories: 740kcal | Carbohydrates: 70g | Protein: 11g | Fat: 48g | Saturated Fat: 25g | Cholesterol: 425mg | Sodium: 307mg | Potassium: 190mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 38g | Vitamin A: 1522IU | Vitamin C: 9mg | Calcium: 81mg | Iron: 3mg