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Mini lemon curd tarts on a bench with a glimpse of a few empty shortbread cases that still need filling. Fresh raspberries and blueberries are used to decorate the tarts.

Mini Lemon Curd Tarts

Sarah Sears
Miniature pastry cases filled with a silk smooth lemon curd filling.
Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 15 minutes
Course Dessert
Servings 36 tarts

Ingredients
  

SHORTBREAD DOUGH

  • 76 g (½ cup + 3 tablespoons) icing sugar
  • 200 g (1+ ⅔ cup) plain flour
  • 30 g (¼ cup) cornflour
  • ½ teaspoon salt
  • 230 g (1 cup) butter, cubed and cold
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

LEMON CURD FILLING

  • ½ cup lemon curd lemon honey
  • 1 + ¼ cups full fat greek yoghurt (or whipped cream)
  • 36 fresh berries
  • Icing sugar to dust, optional

Instructions
 

  • Sift sugar, flour, cornflour and salt together in a bowl and whisk well to combine. Add butter and using a pastry cutter, two knives, or finger tips, cut/rub the butter into the mixture and add vanilla. Continue mixing until the mixture comes together.
  • Roll 1 tablespoon of shortbread dough (about 15 grams) and place in the center of each muffin hole of a mini muffin tin. With your fingertips, press the dough onto the bottom and up the sides of the individual muffin tin. Once filled, cover and place the mini muffin tin, with the unbaked shells, in the freezer for about 15 minutes so the shortbread can become firm (this will help to prevent the shortbread from puffing up during baking).
  • Meanwhile, preheat oven to 170C (325F) and place rack in the center of the oven. Bake the shortbread shells for approximately 20 minutes or until lightly golden brown. Once they are fully baked, remove from oven and place on a wire rack to cool. You may need to ‘re-shape’ them with your fingers or the back of a spoon when cool enough to touch. When completely cooled, remove the tarts from the pan.
  • To serve: Using two small spoons, fill the shortbread shells with a dollop of the lemon curd filling. (If desired, you could also place the filling in a piping bag, fitted with a small plain tip). Top with a fresh berry and dust with icing sugar.

Lemon Curd Filling

  • In a medium sized bowl, mix together the yoghurt or cream with the lemon curd. Add more or less lemon curd depending on the colour and taste you want.

Notes

*The filled shortbread shells can be made several hours in advance and refrigerated. Just before serving, top with fresh berries or other desired fruit.
** If you don’t want to bake all the shortbread shells at once, you can freeze remaining dough in an airtight container/bag, ready for another time or use the dough to make shortbread cookies.
Keyword lemon, tarts