Lemon Tart!!! Let's get refreshed :)

Happy Chinese New Year!!!

Actually the past week was not easy at all for me; I got my first challenge for graduate school- qualify exam lol I've been working in front of my laptop all day long for days (maybe not that productive I have to say...), and it is stressful indeed. But, come on, the Lunar New Year is the most important day of the year! So even if I don't have time to make dumplings by myself, stealing dumplings from my friends' party is definitely a good idea XP

Well, not truly stealing, I also brought something- my lemon tart! The dough was made and frozen beforehand, so it didn't take me much time. Besides, I surely need some chill during the stressful time, right? Baking is just my perfect way of relax~

I like the recipe really much- the filling is made of 9 eggs (crazy!), 1 yolk, heavy cream, and lots of fresh lemon juice with zest, giving it perfect flavor and texture. I also tried to make a caramel crust, but I didn't have a torch (Santa, please give one to me as Christmas present! And a kitchenaid stand mixer, and a LC dutch oven, please XPPPP). As a result, I turned the oven to 'broil', so here I got my caramel crust and a burnt tart crust.= =||||

I know it's not perfect, but no one complained about that. Well, I guess it was because we were too busy commenting on the CCTV New Year's Gala, hahaha...

Last but not least, linkage of the recipe http://indigoseas.blogspot.fr/2013/05/blog-post_22.html

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