This whole Pâte Sablée experience has been particularly challenging... I forgot that I should not blind bake it ahead of time, like Pâte Brisée, so my first batch of dough turned into a cookie before I could finish toasting the pine nuts on the stove... oops...
I quickly threw together another batch of Pâte Sablée, but since I was now out of Chestnut flour, I used the Hazelnut meal in my freezer. This is really nothing more than a large Lemon bar with Pine Nuts added...Honeyed Lemon Pine Nut Tart
1 recipe Pâte Sablée6 Large eggs
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 cup Honey (Orange Blossom or Fig)
1/2 cup unsalted butter
4 lemons, juice and zest (about 1/2 cup)
pinch of kosher salt
1 1/2 cup Toasted pine nuts
Press pastry dough into a 9 - 10 inch tart pan.
Return to refrigerator to chill.Meanwhile toast the pine nuts in a shallow skillet over medium-low flame.
Place eggs, sugar, honey and butter into a pan over low heat stir constantly until sugar dissolves.
Add lemon juice and zest; continue stirring and cooking over low heat until mixture thickens. (If it looks lumpy, run it through a mesh strainer)
Fold in Pine nuts and allow mixture to cool while preheating the oven to 400 degrees.
Transfer to your chilled shell.
Bake for 20 minutes. (it will be slightly puffed, but will sink as it cools)
Cool on a wire rack to room temperature then chill in the refrigerator.Dust with powdered sugar
and serve with a dollop of Crème Fraîche.
Mangia!!
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6 comments:
You always make things look so easy, but that's the sign of a true artist, huh? You know, I'd probably have lemon scrambled eggs using this method LOL
I'm having a hard time deciding which one of your pies I like best. All three just look gorgeous and delicious. I think my husband would prefer this one, but without pinenuts
You are seriously killing me with all of these pies/tarts...I am a pie girl!! This sounds amazing. And looks amazing. I think you should ship under the label CAPieMan...me first!
"This is really nothing more than a large Lemon bar with Pine Nuts added..."
... You say this as though it's not awesome. That sounds wicked good. And what did you do with the giant cookie?
DD - ooooo Lemony scrambled eggs actually sounds delicious..!!
Dajana - Thank you! I always recommend Rhubarb... HEE HEE
GirliChef - Considering my astro sign, that would be an AWESOME Company name.. LOL
Bob - I pulled it out of the tart pan and put in the refrigerator so I can finish baking it later - I wish I had more than one pan in that size... :)
hmmm...pine nuts in a dessert...who would've thunk it! I'm drooling here and my co-workers are going to start working about me! LOL
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