Ingredients
Equipment
Method
- Whisk 1 egg yolk, 1 tablespoon cream, and ½ teaspoon vanilla together in bowl.
- Process 1 ¼ cups flour, ⅓ cup confectioners' sugar, and ¼ teaspoon salt in food processor until combined, about 5 seconds.
- Scatter 8 tablespoons chilled butter over top and pulse until mixture resembles coarse cornmeal, about 15 pulses.
- With process running, add egg yolk mixture and process until dough just comes together, about 12 seconds.
- Form dough into 6-inch disk, wrap tightly in plastic wrap, and refrigerate for 1 hour or up to 4 days.
- Let chilled dough sit on counter to soften slightly, about 10 minutes.
- Roll dough into 11-inch circle on lightly floured counter.
- Loosely roll dough around rolling pin and gently unroll it onto 9-inch tart pan with removable bottom, letting excess dough hang over edge.
- Ease dough into pan by gently lifting edge of dough with your hand while pressing into corners and fluted sides of pan with your other hand.
- Run rolling pin over top of pan to remove any excess dough.
- Wrap dough-lined pan loosely in plastic, place on large plate, and freeze until dough is chilled and firm, about 30 minutes.
- Adjust oven rack to middle position and heat oven to 375ºF.
- Set dough-lined tart pan on baking sheet, line with double layer of aluminum foil, covering edges to prevent burning, and fill with pie weights.
- Bake until crust is golden brown and set, about 30 minutes, rotating pan halfway through baking.
- Remove weights and foil and let crust cool.
- Adjust oven rack to middle position and reduce oven heat to 350ºF.
- Measure out 1 tablespoon lemon juice and set aside for the blueberry layer later.
- Whisk remaining 7 tablespoons lemon juice, ¼ cup lemon zest, 1 egg, 5 yolks, ⅓ cup honey, and pinch salt in medium saucepan until smooth.
- Cook over medium-low heat, stirring constantly with rubber spatula, until mixture thickens slightly and registers 165ºF, about 5 minutes.
- Off heat, whisk in 4 tablespoons chilled butter until melted.
- Strain lemon curd through fine-mesh strainer into bowl, then gently stir in 2 tablespoons cream with rubber spatula.
- Pour warm lemon curd into cooled tart crust.
- Set tart on baking sheet and bake until filling is shiny and opaque and center jiggles slightly when shaken, 10–12 minutes, rotating pan halfway through baking.
- Transfer tart with baking sheet to wire rack and let cool slightly.
- Meanwhile, process 2 cups blueberries in a food processor until smooth, about 2 minutes.
- Strain purée through clean fine-mesh strainer into medium saucepan, pressing on solids to extract as much liquid as possible (you should have about ¾ cup); discard solids.
- Whisk in remaining ¼ cup honey and ⅛ teaspoon salt.
- Whisk together 2 tablespoons cornstarch and 2 tablespoons water in a small bowl, then whisk into strained blueberry mixture.
- Bring to simmer over medium-low heat, stirring constantly, and cook until thickened slightly and registers 170ºF, about 4 minutes.
- Off heat, whisk in reserved 1 tablespoon lemon juice.
- Pour blueberry mixture evenly over cooled lemon filling.
- Tap pan lightly on counter to release any air bubbles, then refrigerate until blueberry mixture is set and shiny, about 2 hours.
- To serve, remove outer ring of tart pan, slide thin metal spatula between tart and tart pan bottom, and carefully slide tart onto serving platter or cutting board.
Notes
This tart is a perfect balance of tart lemon and sweet blueberries, making it a refreshing and elegant dessert for any occasion.
