These little tarts make a wonderful dessert and they’re perfect after a large meal.
The tartness from the lemon filling pairs perfectly with the sweet whipped cream topping, and anyone who enjoys lemon desserts will fall in love with these little gems.
Ingredients make 12 tarts
1/2 cup unsalted butter -soft
1/2 cup sugar
1 large egg
1 tsp vanilla
1 3/4 cups flour
1 tsp baking powder
2 large egg yolks
Zest from a medium lemon
2/3 cup fresh lemon juice
2 tbsp honey
1/2 cup sugar
6 tbsp flour
1/2 cup 35% whipping cream
2 tbsp icing sugar
Directions
- Lightly butter and flour two tin muffin pans.
- Cream together the butter and the sugar using an electric mixer on medium-low speed.
- Add in the egg and the vanilla. Mix on medium-low speed.
- Put the flour and baking powder into a sifter and gradually sift and cut the dry ingredients into the wet ingredients.
- Knead the dough to fully incorporate all the ingredients. Don’t overwork the dough.
- Lightly flour a hard surface and place the dough on top. Dust the top with flour too.
- Using a rolling pin, roll the dough until it’s roughly a 1/8 inch thick.
- As you roll the dough, lightly flour and flip the dough a few times.
- Using a round cookie cutter or glass that will fit the opening of your tin muffin pans, cut out the dough.
- Place the cut out dough pieces in the muffin pans and carefully fit them in.
- Pre-heat the oven to 325 degrees F.
- Whisk together the egg yolks, lemon zest, and lemon juice.
- Whisk in the honey, sugar, and flour.
- Whisk into the sides of the bowl to ensure the flour doesn’t clump.
- Pour the mixture into each tart shell. Leave some space at the top of each shell.
- Bake for 16-18 minutes.
- Remove the tarts from the oven and let them cool completely in the muffin pans.
- Using a sharp knife, carefully pop out each tart from the muffin pans.
- Mix together the whipping cream and icing sugar using an electric mixer. Start on low speed and work your way up to medium-high speed until soft peaks form.
- Pipe the whipped cream on top of each tart before serving.
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