Lemon Pie... Tartelette au citron

This pie is very common in France. It has a very sweet and acid (lemon or citron) taste and a delicious creamy feeling.


Dough:

• 125gr unsalted butter
• 1 package of pettit beurre, Maria or the simplest coockies you can find

Filling:

• 1/2 can of sweetened condensed milk
• juice of 3 lemons
• jest of one lemon
• 3 eggs
• pinch of salt
• 3 tb. sp. powder sugar

The recipe is not the simplest, nor will it be hard to make. But the pie is as intricate in flavors as the recipe takes time.

1. Crash the cookies until a fine dust, leaving some bigger crumbs for texture. Join the melted butter and aggregate until you can fill the base and sides of a tart cooking form.
2. In a bowl mix the egg yolks, the condensed milk and the lemons juice and jest. Poor the mix in the pie base.
3. In another bowl beat the egg whites with a pinch of salt until stiff. Then incorporate the sugar and keep beating the mix. Distribute the whites on top of the pie leaving it with nice peaks, without trying to make it even.
4. Put the pie in an oven at 180C for about 30min.

The pie will look gourmet and feel even more so.