*  Exported from  MasterCook II  *

                   Fresh Lemon Tartelettes - Le Ruth's

Recipe By     : Le Ruth's via Micro Kitchen Companion
Serving Size  : 6    Preparation Time :0:00
Categories    : Fruit                            Pies & Pastry

  Amount  Measure       Ingredient -- Preparation Method
--------  ------------  --------------------------------
   4      tablespoons   sugar
   1      stick         butter -- at room temp.
   1      stick         margarine -- room temp.
   1                    egg yolk
   1 3/4  cups          flour
     1/8  teaspoon      salt
   1      tablespoon    water
                        FILLING
   2                    lemons -- skin (rind) and
                         -- juice
   3      whole         eggs
     3/4  cup           sugar
   2      tablespoons   butter

Cream the sugar, butter, and margarine with a mixer. Add the egg yolk. Blend
well. Add the flour and salt. Blend until this mixture comes together. Add the
water. Blend in well. Allow to refrigerate 4 hours (to rest the dough, so it
will soften and not be tough). Preheat oven to 400 F. Line 18 small, round
tartelette pans (each about 2-1/2 inches wide) with the crust. This will give
you 3 per person. Fill the tartelettes with the FILLING and bake until crisp,
approximately 45 minutes. Cool, remove from the pans, and serve.

FILLING: Grate the skin off the lemon lightly with the `small sized holes' of
a cheese grater. Squeeze the juice from the lemons; strain the seeds out.
Combine all the ingredients for the filling. Blend well.

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