Lemon Lover's Lemon Mascarpone Tart
- Ready In:
- 1hr 5mins
- Ingredients:
- 11
- Yields:
-
1 tart
- Serves:
- 8
ingredients
- 1 (9 inch) pie crusts
- 3 eggs
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 tablespoon cornstarch
- 3 lemons, juice of
- 2 lemons, zest of
- 1 tablespoon butter
- 1 cup mascarpone cheese
- 1 cup sour cream
- 1⁄3 cup sugar
- chopped pistachio nut
directions
- Preheat oven to 450 degrees.
- Fit crust into a 9 inch tart pan w/removable bottom if available.
- Bake pie crust for about 12 minutes or until golden, cool.
- Beat eggs and add a the mixture of sugar and cornstarch gradually.
- Add lemon juice and zest into the mixture.
- Cook in the top of double boiler (bowl over pot of hot water) until thick while stirring constantly.
- Add the butter and let it cool slightly.
- Pour filling into pie shell and let it cool completely.
- Combine mascarpone cheese, sour cream and sugar until well blended.
- Spread evenly over lemon filling.
- Sprinkle on pistachios if using.
- Refrigerate until ready to serve.
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I'm a med school student that loves to cook. You might have guessed though that being a college student doesn't give me a whole lot of money to spend on ingredients and such. So instead, whenever I go home, I try to cook something new for parents.