Sheet tray of 3/8-inch thick
Puff, frozen
2/3 c Fresh squeezed strained
Lemon juice
1/2 c Sugar
3 Eggs
2 Egg yolks
1 c Blueberries
Whisk the juice, sugar eggs and yolks together in a pot, being
careful not to aerate it too much. Cook over medium heat, stirring
constantly but gently with the whisk. Cook until it thickens and the
whisk leaves light lines; it will still be quite liquid. Do not let
it boil. Strain it into a bowl and press plastic wrap onto the hot
surface.
Preheat oven to 425 degrees F. Invert a 10-inch cake pan over the
dough (towards the edge of the tray so you waste a minimum amount of
dough) and press. Lift off and use a pizza cutter to cut around the
imprint of the circle. Lift the circle of dough out and place on a
cookie sheet lined with parchment paper. Dock it. Center the round
metal bottom of 9-inch tart mold over the dough and press. Cut
around at 1-inch intervals to form a decorative “fringe”. Weigh the
metal bottom down with heavy objects. (I place an 8-inch cake pan on
top and fill it with stacked tartlet molds – about 3 1/2 pounds
worth.)
Bake about 18 minutes, until the edges are golden, then remove the
weights and metal tart bottom. Reduce heat to 350 degrees F. and
bake for another 5 to 7 minutes, until the center is golden. Remove
from oven and spread the lemon curd evenly in the center. Put back
in the oven for 2 to 3 minutes to set the filling. Remove from oven
and scatter the berries around the outside edge of the lemon filling.
Serve within an hour. Cut with a pizza wheel.
BAKERS’ DOZEN PEGGY CULLEN SHOW #BD1A40
Yields
1 servings