Lemon Tarts

Name: Lemon Tarts
Yield: For 2-3 persons
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 100 gm Butter (salted / unsalted); 2/3 cup Sugar (powdered); 1 Egg; 2 cups Flour; 1 tsp Vanilla essence; 1 pinch Salt (not required if the butter is salted); 2 Lemon's juice; 1 can Condensed milk; 1/4 tsp (optional) Lemon essence; as needed Yellow food gel colour few drops (optional); 1 tsp Lemon zest

Jayati Banerjee @cook_16195885

#midnightcravings
They are so yummy with a refreshing lemon twist and are so appropriate for these summer midnight cravings !

Jayati Banerjee @cook_16195885

#midnightcravings
They are so yummy with a refreshing lemon twist and are so appropriate for these summer midnight cravings !

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Ingredients

For 2-3 persons

This recipe is divided into two steps - Tart Shells and Tart Filling
For Tart Shells -
100 gmButter (salted / unsalted)
2/3 cupSugar (powdered)
1Egg
2 cupsFlour
1 tspVanilla essence
1 pinch Salt (not required if the butter is salted)
For Tart Filling
2Lemon's juice
1 canCondensed milk
1/4 tsp (optional)Lemon essence
as neededYellow food gel colour few drops (optional)
1 tspLemon zest

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Steps

1

For tart shells, beat the butter with an electric blender till creamy
2

Add sugar to it and beat again
3

Add egg and beat again
4

Add salt and essence and beat again
5

Sieve flour and add to that egg, butter mixture and make a dough with hand
6

Make small balls out of it
7

Fill the balls in metallic muffin moulds and give them that shape, if anything comes out on the above side, cut them out.
8

Prick some holes at the base with a fork
9

Arrange the cups in a baking tray and bake them in a preheated oven at 180°C for 16 - 20 mins
10

After baking is done, take the shells out of the moulds
11

For the filling add condensed milk lemon juice,lemon essence, food colour in a bowl and beat them with an electric blender till fluffy
12

Add lemon zest to it and mix with a spatula
13

Pour this mixture in the tart shells and garnish with some more lemon zest and keep them in the fridge for 1-2 hrs. Garnish them with cherries.