Tequila lime tart

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Ingredients

  • For the pastry:

  • 280g vanilla wafers
  • 30g pine nuts
  • 110g butter, melted

  • For the filling:

  • 2 egg whites
  • 1 tbsp sugar
  • 60ml tequila
  • 125ml fresh lime juice
  • 4 egg yolks
  • 410ml sweetened condensed milk
  • Fresh whipped cream, for serving

Use imperial measurements

Method

How to make Tequila lime tart

1) Preheat the oven to 180C/Gas 4. Add the wafers and pine nuts to a food processor and pulse until well ground up. Pour into bowl and add melted butter.

2) Mix by hand, with a wooden spoon, and press into 25cm tart tin (reserve 4 tbsp of crumbs to sprinkle on top when done baking). Place the tart tin in the oven and bake for 8 minutes.

For the filling:
1) In a mixing bowl add the egg whites and sugar, beat until there are soft peaks.

2) In another mixing bowl, add the remaining ingredients and mix thoroughly. Fold in the egg whites.

3) Pour the filling into the tart shell and bake for 25 minutes. Remove from the oven and sprinkle with reserved crumbs.

4) Allow to cool before cutting and serve with fresh whipped cream.

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