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Categories: 4th of July, Afternoon Tea, American Classics, Comfort Food, Desserts, Holiday Treats, Kid Friendly, Make Ahead, Memorial Day Weekend, Party Foods, Romantic, Summer Fun, Sunday Dinner, Valentine's Day, Vegetarian, Week Nights, Weekend Fun
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Tags: 4th of July, Afternoon Tea, American Classics, Comfort Food, Cream of Tartar, Desserts, Egg Whites, Egg Yolks, Eggs, Grated Lemon, Heavy Cream, Holiday Treats, Kid Friendly, Kosher Salt, Lemon, Lemon Juice, Lemon Parfait, Lemon Rind, Lemon Slices, Make Ahead, Memorial Day Weekend, Parfait Glasses, Party Foods, Powdereed Sugar, Romantic, Shortbread Cookies, Sugar, Summer Fun, Sunday Dinner, Valentine's Day, Vegetarian, Victoria Hart Glavin, Week Nights, Weekend Fun, Whipping Cream
This dessert looks like it took all day to make, but actually is pretty easy. The only trick is that you need to chill for a few hours so you will need to plan ahead a bit.
INGREDIENTS
1/2 Cup Strained Lemon Juice
1 Tablespoon Grated Lemon Rind
3 Large Egg Yolks
1 Cup Sugar
3 Large Egg Whites
1/8 Teaspoon Cream of Tartar
1/8 Teaspoon Kosher Salt
1 Cup Chilled Heavy Cream
3 Tablespoons Powdered Sugar
Quartered Lemon Slices For Garnish
8 Small Shortbread Cookies
In a small saucepan combine the egg yolks, 1/2 cup sugar, lemon juice and lemon rind. Beat well until combined. Cook over a medium heat. Stir CONSTANTLY until the mixture gets thick, but do not let it boil. Remove from the heat and pour into a large bowl to cool. In a separate large bowl beat the egg whites with the cream of tartar and kosher salt. You want the egg whites to have peaks. Now, add the remaining 1/2 cup sugar a little bit at a time. Fold the egg white mixture into the lemon mixture. In a chilled bowl beat the whipping cream until it has peaks. Always be careful not to over beat so you don’t end up with butter. Beat in the powdered sugar. Take 4 parfait glasses and place 1 broken shortbread cookie at the bottom of each glass. Place the lemon mixture over the broken cookie and alternate with the whipped cream until you come to the top of your parfait glass. Do this to all 4 parfait glasses. Garnish with quartered lemons and 1 whole shortbread cookie. Chill for 3 hours. Serves 4