Lemongrass Tart

Name: Lemongrass Tart
Yield: Serves 8–10
Cuisine: French
Ingredients: 400 ml (14 fl oz) lemon juice (about 10–12 lemons); 400 g (14 oz) caster sugar whipped cream, to serve; 2 kaffir lime leaves, bruised; 400 ml (14 fl oz) double cream; 2 lemongrass stalks, cut into short lengths and bruised; 4 eggs; 200 g (7 oz) cold butter, diced, plus more for greasing; 500 g (18 oz) plain flour, plus more for dusting; 100 g (3½ oz) caster sugar

Preparation info

Serves
8–10

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

The Gate Vegetarian Cookbook

By Adrian Daniel and Michael Daniel

Published 2004

About

Traditional French tarte au citron used to be a great Hammersmith favourite, but we wanted to develop it and so added the lemongrass.

Ingredients

400 ml (14 fl oz) double cream
2 lemongrass stalks, cut into short lengths and bruised

Europe
France
Dessert
Pastry
Vegetarian
Mediterranean

Method

The night before, put the cream into a small pan and add the lemongrass and lime leaves. Bring to just below the boil, then take off the heat. Cover and leave overnight.
To make the pastry, sift the flour into a large mixing bowl, mix in the sugar and rub the butter in with the fingers or process in a blender until it resembles breadcrumbs, then bring together wit