![]() Subsequently add the strawberry/lemon mixture and swirl around with a knife. Pull out your crust from the oven and slowly pour in your lemon mixture. In a blender mix 1/2 cup of the lemon mixture with fresh strawberries and blend until strawberries are fully pureed and you have a pretty light pink, lemon/strawberry mixture. While it is baking, zest one lemon and then squeeze your lemons (I needed 3 lemons to get about 1/2 cup of juice). Par bake the crust at 375 degrees for 10-12 minutes on a cookie sheet. You might get away with a half recipe for the crust if your tart pan is smaller and you like a thinner crust. I ended up doubling my mom’s crust recipe because the tart pan felt large at 10″ and frankly, I love crust. Push using your palms into an ungreased tart pan. Add very soft, room temperature butter to flour mixture and mix until dough comes together. Finely chop the toasted walnuts and mix with flour and sea salt. Watch them, I burnt my first batch (distracted mom woes!). Preheat oven to 375 degrees F and toast walnuts until fragrant and lightly browned. And it doesn’t disappoint.ġ/2 C Fresh Squeezed Lemon Juice, 2-3 large, juicy lemonsĥ-7 Fresh strawberries (stems on which you’ll use to make the strawberry “heart” slices) It smells heavenly as you bake the shell and I thought it would marry well with lemon. This was the base to her no-bake cheesecake which I’ll share someday. Rather than a traditional tart crust I opted to use my mom’s recipe which is just some simple ingredients: toasted walnuts, flour, sea salt and butter. ![]() A little prelude to the pink cuteness of Valentine’s Day. For this Strawberry Lemon Tart I really wanted to mix pureed strawberry into the tart lemon filling for the color and the ability to add these cute strawberry “hearts” to the top. Around this time each year, their sunny disposition and freshness are just appealing. You’ve seen them sneak their way into lots of recipes on Finding Lovely from the Strawberry lemon crumble muffins to a lemon cake. I remember lemon cookies and lemon bars, even a summer when my mom ordered these lemon Italian ice cups from the Schwans man. I loved them as a kiddo and still have a love affair all these years later. ![]()
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