Lime Pistachio Tart Recipe

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Gallery Lime-Pistachio Tart Credit: Yunhee Kim Recipe Summary Servings: 12

Ingredients For the Dough 1 cup shelled raw unsalted pistachios, half coarsely ground and half finely ground 1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour, plus more for dusting 3/4 cup plus 1 tablespoon confectioners’ sugar 1 1/2 teaspoons coarse salt 1 tablespoon finely grated lime zest (about 2 limes) 1/2 cup (1 stick) cold unsalted butter, cut into 1/4-inch pieces 1 large egg yolk plus 1 large egg For the Filling 1 cup whole-milk ricotta cheese 2 cups sugar 20 large egg yolks plus 2 large eggs 6 tablespoons finely grated lime zest, plus more for garnish, plus 2 cups fresh lime juice (about 12 limes) 1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter, cut into 1/2-inch pieces 1 3/4 cups mascarpone cheese

Cook’s Notes Start preparing this dessert at least two days before you plan to serve it. You can prepare the curd and crust dough up to 3 days in advance. The day before serving, bake the crust, top with the lime curd and the mascarpone-ricotta filling, and refrigerate. Pull it out of the fridge come dessert time.

Gallery Lime-Pistachio Tart Credit: Yunhee Kim

Recipe Summary Servings: 12

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Lime-Pistachio Tart      Credit: Yunhee Kim

Lime-Pistachio Tart

Credit: Yunhee Kim

Lime-Pistachio Tart

Recipe Summary Servings: 12

Recipe Summary

Servings: 12

Ingredients

1 cup shelled raw unsalted pistachios, half coarsely ground and half finely ground 1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour, plus more for dusting 3/4 cup plus 1 tablespoon confectioners’ sugar 1 1/2 teaspoons coarse salt 1 tablespoon finely grated lime zest (about 2 limes) 1/2 cup (1 stick) cold unsalted butter, cut into 1/4-inch pieces 1 large egg yolk plus 1 large egg
1 cup whole-milk ricotta cheese 2 cups sugar 20 large egg yolks plus 2 large eggs 6 tablespoons finely grated lime zest, plus more for garnish, plus 2 cups fresh lime juice (about 12 limes) 1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter, cut into 1/2-inch pieces 1 3/4 cups mascarpone cheese

Directions

Make the dough: Whisk together nuts, flour, sugar, salt, and lime zest in a large bowl. Using your fingertips, work in butter until the largest pieces are the size of peas; make a well in center. Whisk yolk and egg in a small bowl, and pour into well. Gradually draw flour mixture into center, kneading until combined. Shape dough into a disk. Wrap in plastic, and refrigerate overnight (up to 3 days).

Start the filling: Place ricotta in a sieve lined with cheesecloth, and set over a bowl. Cover, and refrigerate overnight.

Prepare an ice-water bath; set aside. Whisk sugar, yolks, and eggs in a large heatproof bowl. Whisk in lime zest and juice. Set bowl over a pan of simmering water. Cook, whisking occasionally, until thick, about 30 minutes.

Remove from heat. Add butter, a few pieces at a time, whisking until smooth after each addition. Pour through a fine sieve into a bowl set in ice-water bath. Place plastic wrap directly on surface of lime curd. Let cool. Refrigerate overnight (up to 3 days).

Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Let dough come to room temperature; roll out on a lightly floured surface to 1/4 inch thick. Fit dough into a 10-by-3-inch springform pan, pressing and patching so that dough reaches 2 inches up sides of pan. Line with parchment; fill with pie weights or dried beans. Chill in freezer 15 minutes.

Bake crust 30 minutes. Remove pie weights and parchment. Bake until edge of crust is golden brown and inside is pale golden brown, 15 to 18 minutes. Let cool slightly on a wire rack. Remove sides from pan; and transfer crust to rack to cool completely.

Assemble tart: Spread 2 1/2 cups lime curd over crust. Put ricotta and mascarpone into the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the whisk attachment. Beat on high speed until thick, about 5 minutes. Reduce speed to low. Beat in remaining lime curd. Raise speed to high, and beat 3 minutes. Pour over lime curd in crust, spreading evenly with an offset spatula; gently shake to remove any air bubbles. Refrigerate, uncovered, overnight. Garnish with zest before serving.

Cook’s Notes

Start preparing this dessert at least two days before you plan to serve it. You can prepare the curd and crust dough up to 3 days in advance. The day before serving, bake the crust, top with the lime curd and the mascarpone-ricotta filling, and refrigerate. Pull it out of the fridge come dessert time.

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Martha Stewart Member     Rating: 5 stars       08/31/2013   I just finished this and can't wait to serve it tomorrow-stole a test bite and it's delicious. Not sure what the other reviewers were questioning or complaining about. The recipe requires some planning, but the directions and ingredients are very clear. Just follow the directions and this will come out great. In case anyone reviews those older comments, it definitely is 20 yolks and half of the egg mixture goes into the cheese mixture, so yes, the ricotta has eggs - eleven yolks plus one whole.  

Martha Stewart Member     Rating: Unrated       09/22/2010   This recipe should be given in three steps. The crust, the curd filling and the ricotta/mascarpone filling. With ingredients and steps for each. From experience (I'm 100% Italian) the ricotta NEEDS eggs to hold together when baking *see Penelope?  

Martha Stewart Member     Rating: Unrated       05/04/2010   +I+just+did+not+have+good+luck+with+this+recipe.++The+lime+curd+never+thickened...and+this+was+alot+of+steps....I+may+give+it+one+more+shot+later...but+who+knows...after+sperarating+20+eggs...+juicing+12+limes+and+then+rinding+them.....I+need+assured+success+for+that+kind+of+work.  

Martha Stewart Member     Rating: Unrated       03/19/2010   So which is it??!! 20 (twenty) egg yolks, or 2 (two)?? BIG difference... Nj  

Martha Stewart Member     Rating: Unrated       01/25/2010   There are issues with this recipe the amount of eggs and lime juice will give you a tart portion that fills almost the entire crust not just a small portion as shown in the picture. I spent a ton of money on the ingredients only to have to throw the whole thing out. martha you should look at this reipe as its not protioned properly. I would says its 2 egg yolks and 2 Tbsp of lime juice to make that small amount of curd.  

Martha Stewart Member     Rating: Unrated       03/16/2009   How do you know which sugar and which eggs to use for which part of the recipe?  

Martha Stewart Member     Rating: Unrated       03/15/2008   Delicious! Full of tart goodness. I started making this on a Tuesday (the dough), Wednesday (the lime curd, and strained the ricotta) and assembled on Thursday for serving Friday evening. Give dough ample time to come up to room temperature. Nice crust texture; a good counterpoint to the lime-y tartness of the fillings, but the pistachio flavor was a bit overpowered. That was ok, as the texture and color were good. Keep chilled after serving, as it "melted" a bit when sitting out at the party.

Martha Stewart Member

Rating: 5 stars 08/31/2013

I just finished this and can’t wait to serve it tomorrow-stole a test bite and it’s delicious. Not sure what the other reviewers were questioning or complaining about. The recipe requires some planning, but the directions and ingredients are very clear. Just follow the directions and this will come out great. In case anyone reviews those older comments, it definitely is 20 yolks and half of the egg mixture goes into the cheese mixture, so yes, the ricotta has eggs - eleven yolks plus one whole.

Rating: 5 stars

Rating: Unrated 09/22/2010

This recipe should be given in three steps. The crust, the curd filling and the ricotta/mascarpone filling. With ingredients and steps for each. From experience (I’m 100% Italian) the ricotta NEEDS eggs to hold together when baking *see Penelope?

Rating: Unrated

Rating: Unrated 05/04/2010

+I+just+did+not+have+good+luck+with+this+recipe.++The+lime+curd+never+thickened…and+this+was+alot+of+steps….I+may+give+it+one+more+shot+later…but+who+knows…after+sperarating+20+eggs…+juicing+12+limes+and+then+rinding+them…..I+need+assured+success+for+that+kind+of+work.

Rating: Unrated 03/19/2010

So which is it??!! 20 (twenty) egg yolks, or 2 (two)?? BIG difference… Nj

Rating: Unrated 01/25/2010

There are issues with this recipe the amount of eggs and lime juice will give you a tart portion that fills almost the entire crust not just a small portion as shown in the picture. I spent a ton of money on the ingredients only to have to throw the whole thing out. martha you should look at this reipe as its not protioned properly. I would says its 2 egg yolks and 2 Tbsp of lime juice to make that small amount of curd.

Rating: Unrated 03/16/2009

How do you know which sugar and which eggs to use for which part of the recipe?

Rating: Unrated 03/15/2008

Delicious! Full of tart goodness. I started making this on a Tuesday (the dough), Wednesday (the lime curd, and strained the ricotta) and assembled on Thursday for serving Friday evening. Give dough ample time to come up to room temperature. Nice crust texture; a good counterpoint to the lime-y tartness of the fillings, but the pistachio flavor was a bit overpowered. That was ok, as the texture and color were good. Keep chilled after serving, as it “melted” a bit when sitting out at the party.

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