Tarte au citron

🥘 Ingredients

• lemons 4
• sugar 175 gr
• maïzena 1 table spoon
• eggs 4
• egg whites 3
• sugar 100 gr
• baking powder 1 tea spoon

Dough

1. 1

   Prepare a [pâte brisée](./pate-brisee) or [sablée](./pate-sablee) and pre-bake it.

Lemon curd

1. 1

   Get the zest and juice of the lemons .
2. 2

   Add the sugar , the maïzena , and heat gently.
3. 3

   Add the eggs pre-beaten.
4. 4

   Put on high heat and pour into the dough when the mixture starts to thicken.
5. 5

   Bake the mixture in the dough until it finishes thickening at 160°C for 10 minutes .
6. 6

   Let cool.

Meringue

1. 1

   Beat the egg whites very dense, add the sugar and the baking powder and finish beating.
2. 2

   Spread on the tart. Put in the oven at 160°C, until the meringue browns.
3. 3

   Let cool.