Lime Curd Tartlets

Preparation info
  • Serves

    6

    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
Glorious American Food

By Christopher Idone

Published 1985

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Ingredients

  • 1 recipe Pie Dough, made with butter
  • ½ cup fresh lime juice
  • ½

Method

Use the pie dough to make 6 pastry shells. Bake thoroughly and set aside to cool.

Place the lime juice, 1 cup of water, and the sugar in a saucepan and bring to a boil over high heat.

Meanwhile, in a mixing bowl, dissolve the cornstarch in ½ cup water. Whisk in the egg yolks.

Slowly pour 1 cup of the boiling lime syrup into the yolk mixture and blend thoroughly.