Recipe

Caramelised lime tart

  • 15 mins preparation
  • 30 mins cooking
  • Serves 8
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Ingredients

Caramelised lime tart
  • 1 1/3 cup (200g) plain flour
  • 1/2 cup (80g) pure icing sugar, plus extra to dust
  • 90 gram cold unsalted butter, cubed
  • 1 egg
  • 1 tablespoon cold water (optional)
  • cream, ice-cream or thick yoghurt, to serve
Lime filling
  • 4 eggs
  • 1/3 cup (75g) caster sugar
  • 300 millilitre cream
  • 1/3 cup (80ml) lime juice

Method

Caramelised lime tart
  • 1
    Place flour and icing sugar in a food processor and pulse to combine. Add butter and pulse until mixture resembles coarse breadcrumbs. Add egg and pulse just until a dough forms. If this doesn't happen, add cold water, 1 tsp at a time, until dough forms a ball. Shape into a disc, wrap in plastic wrap and chill for 1 hr or overnight.
  • 2
    Roll out dough on a lightly floured surface until large enough to line a shallow 28cm fluted flan pan. Press gently into pan and trim excess. Prick base gently with a fork. Chill for 20 mins.
  • 3
    Preheat oven to 200°C or 180°C fan. Line pastry case with baking paper, fill with baking weights, rice or dried beans and blind bake for 10 mins. Remove paper and weights. Bake for 5 mins, until pastry is light golden. Remove from oven. Reduce oven to l70°C or l50°C fan.
  • 4
    To make filling, using an electric mixer, whisk together eggs and sugar until pale. Whisk in cream, then lime juice. Immediately pour filling into pastry case and bake for 15-20 mins, until filling is set. Cool. Chill for 2-3 hrs.
  • 5
    Just before serving, dust tart lightly with icing sugar and use a blowtorch to caramelise top. Cool for 5 mins, until caramel is crisp. Serve with cream, ice-cream or thick yoghurt, if you like.

Notes

You could make this tart in a deep 26cm flan pan, if you like. but you'll need to increase the cooking time to 25-30 minutes.