Lemon Tart With Nut Crust

Total Time: 30 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 1 cup finely ground walnuts
• 2 tablespoons sugar
• 2 tablespoons matzo meal or 2 tablespoons cracker meal
• 3 tablespoons butter or 3 tablespoons margarine, melted
• 3 whole eggs
• 1 egg yolk
• 1 cup sugar
• 1/3 cup lemon juice
• 4 ounces cream cheese, cut into 6 pieces (half the 8 oz. pkg.)
• 1 pint fresh raspberries (optional) or 1 pint other berries, for decoration (optional)

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350°f.
• 2 combine first 4 ingredients and make sure that they are well blended together.
• 3 press firmly onto the bottom and the sides of a 9" tart pan.
• 4 bake for 15 minutes or until golden brown. remove from the oven and cool down completely.
• 5 in a saucepan beat eggs and the egg yolk with a wire whisk until well blended.
• 6 gradually add 1 cup sugar, continue beating until well blended.
• 7 stir in the lemon juice.
• 8 cook on low heat (stirring consistently) for about 8 minute or until mixture is thick enough to coat back of a spoon.
• 9 remove from heat.
• 10 add cream cheese, two pieces at a time, beating until cream cheese is completely melted and mixture is well blended.
• 11 pour into the crust shell.
• 12 refrigerate at least 4 hours. i usually prepare it a day ahead.
• 13 serve as is or decorate with berries.