Lime Tart

Total Time: 1 hr 15 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• Servings: 12
• 5 ounces butter, at room temperature
• 1/3 cup sugar
• 1 egg
• 1 cup flour
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1 lb sugar
• 5 limes, juice of
• 2 grated limes, zest of
• 10 eggs
• 7 ounces butter, melted and cooled
• 1 lime, cut into very thin slices

Recipe

• 1 for crust: combine all the ingredients plus a dash of salt together until a dough forms.
• 2 cover in plastic wrap and refrigerate for 1 hour.
• 3 let dough stand at room temperature for 10 minutes and roll out, on lightly-floured work surface to a 14 inch round disk – enough to cover a 12 inch springform pan and come 2 inches up sides.
• 4 press into pan.
• 5 preheat oven to 360 degrees f.
• 6 for filling: combine sugar with eggs, lime juice and zest.
• 7 whisk in butter in a thin stream and mix well.
• 8 pour into prepared crust.
• 9 place lime slices decoratively onto tart.
• 10 bake for 1 hour.
• 11 cool to room temperature.
• 12 serve at room temperature or cooled slightly.