This really tangy tart has a shortbread crust and a very lemony-gingery filling that makes my eyes close and my heart happy.
Ever since I was a child I had a soft spot for a lemon dessert. No chocolate for me, just bring me my all time favorite, the lemon pie. I was weak in front of the lemony goodness and the crust, oh, the crust! Now that I am an adult (still a child at heart) I love to make my lemony desserts very tangy and not too sweet. That is why this wonderful lemon & ginger tart has captured my heart and my palette.
Hope you will enjoy it as much as I do.
Prep Time: 15 minutes
Cook Time: 45 minutes
Total Time: 1 hour
Servings: 8
Ingredients
for the crust
- 2 sticks salted butter melted (Makes 1 cup)
- 2 cups all purpose flour
- 2/3 cup confectioner’s sugar
for the filling
- 1 cup lemon juice
- 1 1/4 cup confectioner’s sugar
- 4 egg yolks
- 1 whole egg
- 1/4 cup all purpose flour
- 2 tbsp grated ginger
- ¼ teaspoon kosher salt
- 3-4 thin lemon slices Make sure to take out the seeds
For serving
- confectioners’ sugar Optional
Instructions
Make the crust
- Heat the oven to 350 degrees.
- Whisk together flour, sugar and salt in a medium bowl. Drizzle in melted butter and mix until it’s well combined. Press this into the bottom and up the sides of a 11-inch tart pan using a measuring cup to flatten and make sure it’s all even.
- Bake the tart shell until it’s a pale golden brown on the edges and baked through on the bottom about 15 to 20 minutes.
Make the filling
- In a medium bowl, whisk together lemon juice, sugar, egg yolks, egg, flour, and salt. Make sure no lumps remain, but be careful not to overmix. Pass the mixture through a fine mesh strainer to make sure no bits of flour or egg are left behind. Add the finely grated ginger. Add lemon slices and stir to coat. Set the lemon slices aside.
Assemble
- Transfer filling to the crust. Lay the lemon slices across the top. Bake until the edges are set and the center no longer jiggles, but does not look dry, 25 minutes. Let the tart cool completely before slicing.
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Heya, this looks lovely but how much flour goes into the filling? Looking forward to making this. Adam
Hi Adam! It’s a really lovely tart! The flour for the filling is 1/4 cup, it was an editing mistake :-). Thank you for catching that! Recipe is updated now.
Thank you for the quick reply and info Jenny. I’m making this Saturday as a dessert with some Scottish heather honey ice cream to go with. It looks like an awesome tart and I love lemon and ginger so can’t wait to give it a go. Thanks again, Adam
Scottish heather honey ice cream sounds divine Adam!