LEMON BLUEBERRY TART This is my first ever baking challenge and it was the perfect thing to BAKE Not only does my family LOVE anything lemon, but the blueberries bring this tart to a whole new level!! We are fortunate to have a gorgeous and very abundant lemon tree in our back yard that we’ve been harvesting relentlessly the past month, hence the need to use these beauties in a confection!

First step is to cook the blueberries with a little bit of sugar and mash them up a bit. I used frozen Organic Wild Blueberries from Trader Joe’s cuz that’s what I had on hand and they worked beautifully!

Step two is to make the pastry dough, and for this recipe it’s a super simple shortbread dough. It’s very buttery and thick and presses nicely into the tart pan, no pre-buttering necessary!

I only have a 12 inch tart pan so I made about 1/2 more of the shortbread recipe (so 1 1/2 times) to fit my pan!

The filling is next up and so easy! Just a can of full fat sweetened condensed milk , lemon juice, an egg yolk and some lemon zest!

This goes in after the shortbread crust has been baked for about 15 minutes, you pour it in warm and then add the dollops of blueberry sauce and the BEST part…SWIRL!!!

Isn’t it GORGEOUS!!! Bake at 350 degrees for about 15-18 minutes, mine was exactly 16 minutes to perfection (overbaking not recommended)!

Out of the oven and ready to cool for an hour or so, then into the fridge for chilling (about 2 hours total) and then slice and serve, and get ready for YUM!!!

It’s as delicious as it looks, for sure a 10 out of 10 for my family! This tart is the April 2021 Sally’s Baking Addiction challenge, her feed is the bomb by the way

A few things to note on my first attempt, yes people, I will definitely be making this one again!!

*NB: As mentioned above, I only have a 12 inch tart pan, so I made 1 1/2 times the pastry dough, probably should have increased the filling as well, but we liked how it turned out a little thinner, but still TONS of flavor payoff…besides, it’s bigger and it’ll last longer

Are you inclined to do a baking challenge? Tag me if you have done this one already, would love to see it and give you a follow as well! Here’s to more confectionary delights from my kitchen to yours!

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xxoo