Lemon Tart with Blueberries

This sweet, gooey, zingy lemon tart with blueberries is made with a crispy shortbread crust and topped with fresh blueberries. A lemon dessert to please your guests, and wow them!

This simple lemon curd tart with blueberries on top is sweet, and tangy with a buttery crust. It’s a great spring or summer dessert that’s special enough for Father’s day, Mother’s day, Easter, Memorial day or whatever day. I love a fancy dessert for a regular day too. You don’t always need a fancy day for fancy bites of food! And who doesn’t love lemon any time of the year and any time of the day?

There’s no better combination than lemons and blueberries. Yum! It tastes like sunshine!

Can I use a graham cracker crust instead? A graham cracker crust won’t hold up to this kind of filling, it’s better to use this shortbread or a regular pie crust for this dessert

Variations:

Of course, you could make lime curd or another citrus. Of course, if you use oranges or another sweet citrus, you won’t have the tang you get from lemons or limes.

You can always top the lemon curd with another berry such as blackberries, raspberries, or strawberries. You could also just have lemon with the powdered sugar sprinkle and no extra fruit. Or you can use a filling such as cherry pie filling to drizzle over top. Lots of yummy flavors go great with lemon!

You can make homemade lemon extract and add a splash to this filling. It will just give you another layer of flavor.

For more lemon curd ideas, check out our Meyer lemon curd that can be used in this same shortbread crust.

For more tangy sweet lemon treats, check these out:

• Lemon raspberry loaf
• Lemon blueberry blondies
• Lemon Truffle Recipe
• Crock Pot Lemon Cobbler
• Healthy lemon breakfast treats
• Lemon Layer Cake
• Blueberry Lemon Cupcake Recipe
• Lemon Blondie Recipe

Also, check out this gingerbread cream pie for another pie inspiration!

Lemon curd tart with shortbread crust

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Lemon Tart with Blueberries

Yield: 12

Prep Time: 30 minutes

Cook Time: 30 minutes

Freezing/Chilling Time: 1 hour 20 minutes

Total Time: 2 hours 20 minutes

Creamy gooey lemon curd tart with a crispy, buttery shortbread crust and garnished with fresh blueberries and powdered sugar

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Ingredients

• For the Crust
• ❖ - 2 tbsp cream
• ❖ - 1 egg yolk
• ❖ - 1 ¼ cups all purpose flour
• ❖ - ½ tsp salt
• ❖ - ½ cup granulated sugar
• ❖ - ½ cup of cold cut butter
• For the Curd
• ❖ - 4 eggs
• ❖ - 2 egg yolks
• ❖ - ½ cup lemon juice fresh
• ❖ - lemon zest of 2 lemons
• ❖ - 1¼ cup granulated sugar
• ❖ - ½ cup butter

Instructions

For the Tart Crust

Preheat oven to 375

Whisk together egg yolk and cream, set aside

In a large bowl whisk together flour, sugar, and salt

Add butter and mix in with your hands until crumbly

Add yolk mixture and mix with a fork

Shape mixture into a disk and cover with plastic wrap

Chill for one hour in the refrigerator

Roll the dough on a floured surface until it's a little bigger than your tart pan

Press the dough into the pan, trim edges, and freeze for 20 minutes

Bake for 20 minutes or until lightly browned

For the Lemon Curd

Reduce oven to 350

Whisk together eggs and extra yolks

Place the lemon juice, zest, sugar and butter in a medium saucepan over medium heat stirring constantly

Cook until it just comes to a boil

Remove from heat

Drizzle a small amount into the egg mixture, whisking constantly

Slowly drizzle a little bit more at a time until it's all incorporated. Don't try to do it all at once or you will scramble the eggs

Once it is all incorporated, pour the mixture back into the pan over low heat and whisk constantly until it jsut starts to bubble

Strain the mixture and place in the tart shell

Smooth the surface

Bake 9-10 minutes

Cool

Rrefrigerate for at least 1 hour before serving

Nutrition Information:

Yield: 12 Serving Size: 1
Amount Per Serving: Calories: 314Total Fat: 14gSaturated Fat: 8gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 5gCholesterol: 141mgSodium: 319mgCarbohydrates: 42gFiber: 1gSugar: 30gProtein: 6g

If you love everything blueberry, check out what else you can do with blueberries:

• Blueberry mini tarts
• Healthy Chocolate Blueberry Clusters
• Healthy toddler blueberry muffins
• Healthy blueberry peach smoothie
• Blueberry lemon blondies