Key lime tarts
- Preparation and cooking time
- Total time
- + chilling + cooling
- Easy
- Makes 8
COCONUT PASTRY
- 200g plain flourplus extra for dusting
- 25g desiccated coconuttoasted
- 40g icing sugar
- 125g unsalted butterdiced and chilled
- 1 large egg yolk
- 1/4 tsp coconut flavouring
FILLING
- 3 large egg yolks
- 2 limeszested
- 150ml (about 4-5 limes) lime juice
- 397g tin condensed milk
TOPPING
- 300ml double cream
- 1 limezested
- kcal623
- fat42.1g
- saturates25.7g
- carbs51.7g
- sugars32.5g
- fibre1.6g
- protein8.5g
- salt0.2g
Method
step 1
Heat the oven to 190C/fan 170C/gas 5. To make the pastry, put the flour, coconut, icing sugar and a pinch of salt into a food processor, and pulse until combined. Add the butter and pulse until the mixture resembles fine breadcrumbs. Add the egg yolk, 1 tbsp of ice-cold water and the coconut flavouring, then pulse until clumps start to form. Tip the mixture out onto a worksurface and use your hands to bring it together into a dough. Form a thick sausage shape, cover, then chill for 2 hours until firm.
step 2
Remove the pastry from the fridge and cut into 8 equal rounds. On a lightly floured worksurface, roll out each piece until 2-3mm thick. Use to line 8 loose-bottomed 10cm tart tins, or use straight-sided chefs’ tart rings for a more refined look. Trim off the excesses, then chill again until firm.
step 3
Line each tart shell with a crumpled piece of baking paper and fill with rice or baking beans. Bake in the oven for 15-20 minutes or until starting to brown at the edges. Remove the baking beans and baking paper, and bake for another 5 minutes or until the inside of the shells are starting to brown. Remove and leave to cool.
step 4
Turn down the oven to 180C/fan 160C/gas 4. For the filling, whisk the egg yolks and lime zest with an electric mixer on high speed for 2 minutes, then add the lime juice and whisk for 30 seconds. Then, with the mixer still running on a medium speed, slowly pour in the condensed milk, mixing until slightly thickened. Pour the mixture into the tart shells and bake for 10-15 minutes or until set around the outside and just a little wobbly in the middle. Allow to cool to room temperature before chilling for a few hours before serving.
step 5
For the topping, very lightly whip the double cream and dollop a little on top of each tart, finishing with a little lime zest sprinkled over.