Name: Lemon Tart
Yield: Serves 6
Cuisine: Asia
Ingredients: 2 whole eggs; 250 g (9 oz) caster (superfine) sugar; 350 ml (12 fl oz) lemon juice; 300 g (10½ oz) caster (superfine) sugar; 150 ml (5 fl oz) soda water; 5 large egg yolks; maple syrup; 375 g (13 oz) cold butter, diced into cubes; 150 ml (5 fl oz) lemon juice; 150 g (5½ oz) digestive biscuits; 600 ml (21 fl oz) sugar syrup (Essentials); 500 g (1 lb 2 oz) mascarpone cheese; ½ teaspoon baking powder; 2 lemons; 125 ml (4 fl oz/½ cup) lemon juice; 165 g (5¾ oz) butter, softened; 150 g (5½ oz/⅔ cup) caster (superfine) sugar; 150 g (5½ oz/1 cup) plain (all-purpose) flour; ½ teaspoon salt; zest of 3 lemons

Preparation info

Serves
6

Difficulty
Complex

Appears in

Mr Hong

By Dan Hong

Published 2014

About

I was once asked to create a dessert challenge for MasterChef Australia contestants. The mystery ingredient turned out to be lemons, so I came up with this. Immediately after the show, we had queues of people lined up outside the restaurant just to try it. All of the components can be made in advance, making it a good dinner party assembly dessert.