Hello!

  • Serves 8
  • 2 hours
  • Difficulty Medium
  • 13 Ingredients

21 Comments

While it involves a few steps, this dessert is a show stopper. Both the base & curd can be a few days in advance & the tart assembled on the day. The base is a delicious option for gluten-free guests.


Ingredients (serves 8)

  • 2.5 cups Almond Meal or Flour
  • 1 pinch Sea Salt
  • 0.25 t Cinnamon
  • 0.5 cup Butter
  • 2 T Sugar
  • 3 Egg Yolks
  • 2 Whole Eggs
  • 1 cup Caster Sugar
  • 1 T Lemon Zest, finely grated
  • 0.5 cup Lemon Juice
  • 150g Cold, unsalted butter, chopped
  • 330g Caster Sugar
  • 4 Egg Whites

Method

  1. For the Gluten Free Tart Base (adapted from Jessie Oleson Moore on Craftsy): Preheat oven to 180c. In a large mixing bowl, stir together the almond meal, salt and cinnamon until combined. If there are big lumps, break them with your fingers. Add the butter, and stir together with pastry cutter or by hand until the mixture has fully combined. Turn the dough onto a greased tart pan with a loose base, ensuring base and sides are uniformly covered. Chill in the fridge for 30 minutes. Bake the crust in the center of the oven for 20 to 25 minutes, or until the crust is golden brown. Keep a close eye on the crust, because the color of the almond meal can make detecting the golden color tricky.
  2. For the Lemon Curd (adapted from Donna Hay): Place the lemon juice in a small saucepan & reduce by half, cool. Place the eggs, egg yolks, sugar, lemon rind and lemon juice in a bowl and whisk to combine. Place the bowl over a saucepan of simmering water (do not allow water to touch the base of the bowl) and cook, stirring for 2 minutes or until the sugar has dissolved. Gradually add the butter, 3 pieces at a time, stirring continuously until melted. Continue to cook, stirring continuously, for 4–6 minutes or until the mixture is thickened and coats the back of a spoon. Strain immediately into a medium bowl, cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate for 1 hour or until cold.
  3. For Italian Meringue: Place sugar in a heavy-based saucepan, add ¼ cup water and stir over low heat until sugar dissolves. Increase heat to high and cook until syrup reaches 115C on a sugar thermometer, then remove from heat. Meanwhile, using an electric mixer, whisk egg whites until soft peaks form, then, with motor running, slowly add hot syrup and whisk for 5 minutes. Reduce speed to low until ready to use.
  4. To Assemble: Full cooled tart base with lemon curd, smooth surface. Spoon meringue into a piping bag fitted with a 2cm plain nozzle and pipe 3cm high peaks over lemon filling. Place pie under a hot grill or using a blowtorch, toast meringue until evenly golden. Decorate with herbs and edible flowers from the garden.

  • What a pretty dessert! This looks too good to eat. Thank you for sharing.

    Reply

  • This looks amazing. I love a lemon tart, it’s one of my favourite desserts/treats.

    Reply

  • These Gluten Free Lemon Meringue Tart looks absolutely amazing. So pretty.

    Reply

  • Awww this one is beautiful and looks yummy!!

    Reply

  • A beautiful looking dessert! Thank -you!

    Reply

  • This looks so pretty with the flowers on it. Absolutely gorgeous.

    Reply

  • Wow this looks and sounds AMAZINGGGGGGGG

    Reply

  • This looks amazing and it’s gluten free, win/win. Can’t wait to try it.

    Reply

  • That looks amazing thank you for sharing

    Reply

  • This looks delicious and the edible flowers on top make the photo look WOW.

    Reply

  • Oh my goodness, this is the period prettiest dessert!
    Even better that it’s lemon flavoured – my fave.
    Thank you so much for sharing. I can’t wait to try and make this.

    Reply

  • Looks so good. Hope I can achieve the look. Thanks.

    Reply

  • What a decadent looking dessert.

    Reply

  • This looks like a stunning dessert! Though almond meal is expensive it’s nicer than gluten free flour.Thanks!

    Reply

  • this looks gorgeous, lemon meringue is my favourite!

    Reply

Post a comment
Add a photo
Your MoM account


Lost your password?

Enter your email and a password below to post your comment and join MoM:

You May Like

Loading…

Looks like this may be blocked by your browser or content filtering.

↥ Back to top

Thanks For Your Star Rating!

Would you like to add a written rating or just a star rating?

Write A Rating Just A Star Rating
Join