Lemon Velvet Tart

This month's theme is lemon or lime which gave me the perfect opportunity to make a recipe I have been eyeing for quite some time. I actually pulled the recipe out of the February 2008 Southern Living Magazine.

The recipe is for a Lemon Velvet Tart and a picture of what it is suppose to look like.

Mine is close but I could not find Lemonheads anywhere.....so no decorative topping. I even bought a candy thermometer for the job too. Oh well..... This recipe was rather tricky because I have never made lemon curd. I followed the recipe to a T and the consistency did not match the recipe description. However, after setting up in the fridge for three hours, the consistency was just right.

I squeezed 7 lemons to get 1 cup of lemon juice.


1 tablespoon of zest.

The curd. The curd that almost brought me to tears.

Adding the curd to the cream cheese and melted white chocolate concoction.

Thankfully the package comes with two pie crust because the first crust went right in the trash after baking because it formed a huge bubble and was no good. Pricking did not help that crust apparently.

Second try was a success...

Yummo!