Lime Tart Recipe

Lime Tart Recipe

Ingredients : Serves 8

3

400 g

15 ml

120 ml

120 ml

 

For the base

115 g

65 g

Egg yolks

Sweetened condensed milk

Grated rind of lime

Fresh lime juice

Whipping cream

Green food coloring

 

Crushed digestive biscuits

Butter, or margarine, melted

Method :
  • Preheat oven to 180oC/350oF/Gas 4.  For the base, place the crushed biscuits in a bowl and add the butter or margarine. Mix to combine.
  • Press the mixture evenly over the base and sides of a 23cm / 9in pie dish. Bake for 8 minutes, then cool.
  • Beat the yolks until thick. Beat in the milk, lime rind and juice and coloring, if using. Pour into the pastry case and chill until set, about 4 hours. To serve, whip the cream. Pipe a lattice pattern on top, or spoon dollops around the edge.

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