TWD - Tartest Lemon Tart
Babette of Babette Feasts picked Tartest Lemon Tart for our weekly Tuesdays with Dorie challenge.
The filling was very lemony and tart, as it should be. We loved it. Of course, as luck would have it, the yankee and I started a new diet this morning. The Mediterranean diet. You are supposed to lose four pounds of belly fat in one week!! We are just going to try it for the one week to see if it really works. But we are having to slip in our pie at night because we can't let this great tart go to waste!
As I was baking this, I began to think of certain people as tarts. Do you know what type of tart you would be if you could be a tart? Answer the questions below honestly and then scroll down to see my opinion.
Some people find lemons to be bitter and yucky. I find them to be tart and tasty. Even as a child I loved to eat lemons with salt. My mom always said I was going to ruin the enamel on my teeth if I kept eating them, but so far I still have enamel!
I found this tart to be easy to prepare, but I had a little bit of trouble with my crust. I think my tart pan was too big. As you can see from the picture I could not make the crust go up to the top of the pan. Also, I had a bit of trouble with the crust breaking when I cut the pieces. But the crust was tender and delicious nonetheless.
The filling was very lemony and tart, as it should be. We loved it. Of course, as luck would have it, the yankee and I started a new diet this morning. The Mediterranean diet. You are supposed to lose four pounds of belly fat in one week!! We are just going to try it for the one week to see if it really works. But we are having to slip in our pie at night because we can't let this great tart go to waste!As I was baking this, I began to think of certain people as tarts. Do you know what type of tart you would be if you could be a tart? Answer the questions below honestly and then scroll down to see my opinion.1. Do you like to pucker up and kiss several times a day?
2. Is RED your favorite color?
3. Are you plagued by unwanted facial hair (aka fuzz)?
If you answered yes to number one, you are a LEMON tart.
If you answered yes to number two, you are a STRAWBERRY tart.
If you answered yes to number three, you are a PEACH tart.
If you answered yes to all three questions, I guess you are just a multi-faceted tramp of a tart!!
Before I depart this post, I would like to endorse a movie we saw last Saturday. Fireproof. If your marriage needs a boost (and I mean whose doesn't), do watch this movie. It is a Kirk Cameron movie so it is very clean. We really liked it. And who doesn't remember cute little Kirk in Growing Pains years ago. He is all grown up now!
Comments
Nancy
Nevertheless, I could very well eat that whole lemon tart of yours, that I could... OH! YEahhhhh... in a flash! Mmmmm...
Your lemon tart looks great. I'm glad you liked it. Good luck with your diet!
AmyRuth
BTW, you won't lose 4 pounds of belly fat in the first week of a standard Mediterranean diet, although you might lose 4 pounds of intestinal contents. The fat loss takes longer and, ideally, should be lost at a rate of 1 pound a week or so.
I put together a Mediterranean diet for my patients, available free at:
http://advancedmediterraneandiet.com/blog/?page_id=65
Good luck with it, in any case!
-Steve
I ended up not making it.
I'm a muffin, and I have the top to prove it.
good luck with the med. I hear it is quite tasty.