Sufra Dayma:

Lemon Tart

By Moushira Abdel-Malek

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Ingredients:

500 gms plain flour

6 egg yolks

250 gms icing sugar

250 gms butter

Lemon Curd:

1 cup lemon juice

1 cup cream

4 whole eggs

200 gms castor sugar

Method:

In an electric mixer, add butter, flour, sugar and mix until it turns into fine crumbs. Add egg yolks, one at a time, until pastry comes together. Remove and chill covered in fridge for one hour. Roll out into 5 ml thickness and cover the base and edges of a greased and floured flan. Place in a fridge again and cool. In a bowl, add lemon curd ingredients and whisk thoroughly. Pour into pastry flan and bake in a preheated oven at 180 degrees Centigrade, for approximately 20 minutes and allow to cool. Dust with icing sugar and serve.