Lemon and ricotta tart - recipe
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Prepare
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Serves
8 -
Cook
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Skill
Easy
Ingredients
For the pastry
- 400 g Puff pastry
- Plain white flour A sprinkling to dust.
For the filling
- 1 Lemon
- 300 g Ricotta
- 200 g Mascarpone cheese
- 200 g Candied peel roughly chopped
- 120 g Unrefined golden caster sugar
- 6 Egg(s) (free range) seperated
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1
Preheat the oven to 180˚C (fan 160˚C, gas mark 4).
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2
Roll out the pastry on a lightly floured work surface until it is 2–3mm thick. Lay over a 25cm loose-bottomed tart tin, and gently push the pastry into the base and over the sides.
For this step you'll need:
- 400g Puff pastry
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3
In a large bowl, mix the ricotta, mascarpone and candied peel with 100g of sugar and five of the egg yolks. Add the juice and zest of the lemon
For this step you'll need:
- 300g Ricotta
- 200g Mascarpone cheese
- 200g Candied peel roughly chopped
- 100g Unrefined golden caster sugar
- 1 Lemon
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4
Put all six egg whites in another large bowl and whisk until fluffy. Add the remaining sugar and continue whisking until stiff.
For this step you'll need:
- 20g Unrefined golden caster sugar
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5
Using a large metal spoon, fold the whites through the ricotta mixture, then pour into the pastry-lined tart tin. Fold in the overhanging pastry and brush with the reserved beaten egg yolk.
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6
Bake for 30 minutes. Leave to cool for 2 hours, then sprinkle with additional lemon zest and enjoy.