Post holiday lemons...
So i've been back in Sydney for nearly a month now, and how do I feel? Depressed, jealous of others, wished I was still away? Well, I already had anticipated that I would be feeling this way. But, I can't even look at my holiday photos just to avoid any of those feelings.
And, so it happens, a work colleague has a lemon tree, and randomly gave me some lemons to play around with. So, this weekend I made some lemony goodies. Lemon tarts and lemon macaroons.
I used a Pierre Herme's Tarte au Citron recipe that I found here , but was reading through it and didn't quite understand how to finish off the tart. Luckily, with my 1 hour and a half wait at the doctor's, I managed to find a cool new food blog that also made the same Tarte au Citron, and gave fairly better instructions.
But, I put a little twist to the recipe. Given that the top of the lemon curd didn't exactly turn out to be smooth , what better way to hide my flaws than to burn some sugar on top and make it creme brûlée style!
Another thing, I don't think I let the dough rest enough before I blind baked it. 2 of the tarts totally shrunk and got burnt on the edges. I never really had this problem with other tarts that I made. For this I blame PH. Like I blame him that my macarons didn't turn out last time I used his recipe.
Anyway.. tarts tasted very lemony!! yum!
With the crappy tart shells, I used the remaining lemon curd to make lemon macarons. I can finally say, the italian method of making macarons (i.e. sugar syrup) , and they turned out perfectly smooth. (yahh!!!) They are currently in the fridge getting a little sleep and soak into the lemon goodness.
xoxo
Mich
Post holiday lemons...
So i've been back in Sydney for nearly a month now, and how do I feel? Depressed, jealous of others, wished I was still away? Well, I already had anticipated that I would be feeling this way. But, I can't even look at my holiday photos just to avoid any of those feelings.
And, so it happens, a work colleague has a lemon tree, and randomly gave me some lemons to play around with. So, this weekend I made some lemony goodies. Lemon tarts and lemon macaroons.
I used a Pierre Herme's Tarte au Citron recipe that I found here , but was reading through it and didn't quite understand how to finish off the tart. Luckily, with my 1 hour and a half wait at the doctor's, I managed to find a cool new food blog that also made the same Tarte au Citron, and gave fairly better instructions.
But, I put a little twist to the recipe. Given that the top of the lemon curd didn't exactly turn out to be smooth , what better way to hide my flaws than to burn some sugar on top and make it creme brûlée style!
Another thing, I don't think I let the dough rest enough before I blind baked it. 2 of the tarts totally shrunk and got burnt on the edges. I never really had this problem with other tarts that I made. For this I blame PH. Like I blame him that my macarons didn't turn out last time I used his recipe.
Anyway.. tarts tasted very lemony!! yum!
With the crappy tart shells, I used the remaining lemon curd to make lemon macarons. I can finally say, the italian method of making macarons (i.e. sugar syrup) , and they turned out perfectly smooth. (yahh!!!) They are currently in the fridge getting a little sleep and soak into the lemon goodness.
xoxo
Mich
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