Summary

Yield
Source

Hazel

Prep Time5 hours

Description

Sickly sweet.

Ingredients

  • 1 1⁄4 c plain flour
  • 1⁄3 c icing sugar
  • 1⁄4 c almond meal
  • 125 g cold butter, chopped
  • 1 egg yolk
  • 1 tbsp finely grated lemon rind
  • 1⁄2 c lemon juice
  • 5 eggs
  • 3⁄4 c castor sugar
  • 1 c thickened cream
  • lemon filling

Instructions

Preheat oven: 200 degrees C. Grease 24cm round loose based flan tin.
Blend or process the flour, sugar, almond meal & butter until the ingredients just cling together. Knead on floured surface until smooth: wrap in plastic and refrigerate 30 mins.

Roll pastry between 2 sheets of baking paper- press into tin.(We did a lot of finger work, it is so crumbly you just need to press it into place) Blind bake for 15mins.
Remove paper and beans and bake 15mins more or until browned lightly.
Reduce temp to 160 degrees C.
Pour lemon filling into case. Bake about 40 mins. or until filling is slightly set. Cool.
Refrigerate until cold.

Lemon filling
Whisk all ingredients in medium bowl and stand for 1 hour.

Serves 8-10
Preparation: 20 mins(plus 4 hrs. standing & refrigeration time) Cooking: 1 hour 10 mins.