These lemon meringue tarts were made for father's day, but I thought I'd write this post any way. My sister and I decided to make these for our father and stepfather. We made something similar for our mom for mother's day, which she enjoyed, only we just used the tart shell and lemon curd, and topped them each with a raspberry and a bit of kiwi. The tartness and sweetness of the fruit went really well with the slightly tart and sweet lemon curd and added a bit of freshness to it. For father's day, however, we topped the lemon curd with meringue and baked them in the oven until lightly browned.
Lemon curd is surprisingly easy to make and takes few ingredients. This simple lemon curd included sugar, lemon juice and zest, and butter; I can't remember if there were any other ingredients, but I don't think there were. The lemon curd got cooked in a double boiler until it was very thick and then cooled and refrigerated.
I chose to use some frozen tart shells from the grocery store, as they are tasty and relatively inexpensive. The tart shells were pre-baked before filling them with the curd.
The final step was to mix up a basic meringue and put the tarts under the broiler to brown the meringue.
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