March 27, 2009

Mini Fruit Tart & Lemon Curd

Make 50-60 pcs

Lemon Curd:
250ml Lemon Juice
2 tbsp Lemon zest
4 eggs
320g caster sugar
220g butter
1 tbsp cornflour

Tart Crust:
125g butter ~ chilled
60g icing sugar
½ eggs white
1 egg yolk
200g plain flour
½ tsp vanilla

Glaze:
3 tbsp Gelatin
90g sugar
250ml water

Fruits:
Strawberry
Kiwi
Peaches

Method for LEMON CURD
  1. Bring some water to a simmer in the saucepan.   Place a stainless steel mixing bowl onto the saucepan.
  2. Add all the ingredients except butter.  Whisk the ingredients together.
  3. Finally add the butter, whisk occasionally & once the mixture thickens, remove it from the heat.
Method for TART CRUST:
  1. Beat butter & icing together till well mixed.
  2. Add egg white & yolk into the batter & mix well & add vanilla.
  3. Add flour into the batter.
  4. Press the sweet pastry into the tart moulds.   Trim off the excess pastry.  Bake at 180 deg C till they turn golden brown.
  5. Mix filling ingredients together, put the custard mixture into a piping bag & pipe onto baked tart shells
  6. Arrange sliced fruits on top & pour the boiled glaze mixture over.

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