Lemon–Olive Oil Tart

Ingredients

For the tart shell:

  • 192 g AP flour
  • 60 g sugar
  • 112 g olive oil
  • 30 g water
  • 1 pinch of salt

For the filling:

  • 3 eggs
  • 3 eggs yolks
  • 200 g sugar
  • 16 g AP flour
  • 118 g lemon juice
  • lemon zest to taste
  • 56 g olive oil

Preheat oven to 350 F. Mix flour, sugar salt, oil and water to form uniform dough. Press that in a 9 inch tart pan.bake for 30 - 45 minutes.

Whisk sugar flour and salt in medium saucepan. Whisk in eggs and yolks. Whisk in lemon zest and juice. Cook while stirring until reaches 160 F. Whisk in oil off heat.

Pour curd into the tart shell and return to oven. Bake 8 -12 minutes.

Cook’s Illustrated

Note

The filling was delicious (maybe could have done with slightly less sugar), but the tart shell wasn’t great (kind of had a very strong flavor, and was a bit too crumbly).

Section author: Carlo