This was a recipe I was taught in France a long time ago, the almonds and the topping makes it slightly different from the usual citron tarts
Pastry
175g plain flour
90g unsalted butter
2 egg yolks
pinch of salt
75g icing sugar
2 tablespoons very, very cold water
Filling
3 lemons
2 oranges
75g caster sugar
70g unsalted butter
2 eggs
4 tablespoonse seived orange marmalade
25g flaked almonds
Little icing sugar for dusting
Pastry
Sift flour onto the work surface and form a well in the centre. Place the butter, egg yolks, salt sugar and water into the well and gradually work into the flour using the fingertips to make a soft dough (I always put my hands into iced water before making pastry, but do dry well!) Form the dough into a ball. Push the dough away from you with the heel of one hand. Gather it up again, using a metal palette knife or pastry scraper and repeat for 1-2 minutes. Form into a ball, cover and chill in the fridge for about an hour.
Preheat oven to gas mark 5, 400F. Butter a 9 inch (23cm) loose bottomed flan/quiche type tin. Mine has a fluted edge which gives a crisp edge to the pastry.
Using a rolling pin, flatten the dough and roll it out to a circle about 11 inches (27cm) in diameter. Fold the dough back over the rolling pin and caerfully lift it over the flan tin. Press dough into the shape of the tin, making sure it goes into all the edges, and allowing the excess to hangover the rim. Pass the rolling pin across the top of the rim to cut off the dough. If your flan tin doesn't have a fluted edge, then finger pinch the edges to crimp them. Prick bottom of the shell with a fork and refrigerate for about half an hour.
Lower the oven to gas 5, 375F. You then need to 'bake blind' the uncooked pastry. Line pastry shell with greaseproof paper, fill with baking beans and place flan tin on a baking sheet. Bake for 15 minutes until set and lightly browned. Remove the baking beans and greaseproof paper and bake the pastry for about another 5 minutes, until lightly golden. Leave to cool.
Filling
Grate the rind from one of the lemons and half an orange. Squeeze the juice from 2 lemons. Beat together sugar, butter, orange and lemon rinds until light and fluffy, then gradually beat in the eggs. Slowly stir in the lemon juice.
Peel both oranges and the remaining lemon, carefully scraping of all the pith. Holding over a bowl, cut down between the membrane and the fruit to remove the segments. Add any juice colleged in the bowl to the butter mixture then spread in the pastry case. Place the lemon and orange segments on top, pressing them down lightly.
Warm the clear marmalde over a low heat. Carefully brush over the orange and lemon segments and then sprinkle with the almonds. Bake for about 15 minutes. Leave to cool for ten mintues and then transfer to a wire rack to cool completely. Dust with icing sugar just before serving the tart.
Serve with double cream flavoured with a little Cointreau, or orange zest, if liked.
Pastry
175g plain flour
90g unsalted butter
2 egg yolks
pinch of salt
75g icing sugar
2 tablespoons very, very cold water
Filling
3 lemons
2 oranges
75g caster sugar
70g unsalted butter
2 eggs
4 tablespoonse seived orange marmalade
25g flaked almonds
Little icing sugar for dusting
Pastry
Sift flour onto the work surface and form a well in the centre. Place the butter, egg yolks, salt sugar and water into the well and gradually work into the flour using the fingertips to make a soft dough (I always put my hands into iced water before making pastry, but do dry well!) Form the dough into a ball. Push the dough away from you with the heel of one hand. Gather it up again, using a metal palette knife or pastry scraper and repeat for 1-2 minutes. Form into a ball, cover and chill in the fridge for about an hour.
Preheat oven to gas mark 5, 400F. Butter a 9 inch (23cm) loose bottomed flan/quiche type tin. Mine has a fluted edge which gives a crisp edge to the pastry.
Using a rolling pin, flatten the dough and roll it out to a circle about 11 inches (27cm) in diameter. Fold the dough back over the rolling pin and caerfully lift it over the flan tin. Press dough into the shape of the tin, making sure it goes into all the edges, and allowing the excess to hangover the rim. Pass the rolling pin across the top of the rim to cut off the dough. If your flan tin doesn't have a fluted edge, then finger pinch the edges to crimp them. Prick bottom of the shell with a fork and refrigerate for about half an hour.
Lower the oven to gas 5, 375F. You then need to 'bake blind' the uncooked pastry. Line pastry shell with greaseproof paper, fill with baking beans and place flan tin on a baking sheet. Bake for 15 minutes until set and lightly browned. Remove the baking beans and greaseproof paper and bake the pastry for about another 5 minutes, until lightly golden. Leave to cool.
Filling
Grate the rind from one of the lemons and half an orange. Squeeze the juice from 2 lemons. Beat together sugar, butter, orange and lemon rinds until light and fluffy, then gradually beat in the eggs. Slowly stir in the lemon juice.
Peel both oranges and the remaining lemon, carefully scraping of all the pith. Holding over a bowl, cut down between the membrane and the fruit to remove the segments. Add any juice colleged in the bowl to the butter mixture then spread in the pastry case. Place the lemon and orange segments on top, pressing them down lightly.
Warm the clear marmalde over a low heat. Carefully brush over the orange and lemon segments and then sprinkle with the almonds. Bake for about 15 minutes. Leave to cool for ten mintues and then transfer to a wire rack to cool completely. Dust with icing sugar just before serving the tart.
Serve with double cream flavoured with a little Cointreau, or orange zest, if liked.