These Mini Lemon Meringue Piesare simple tartelettes that will please both the lemon and chocolate lover with its perfect bite of lemon tartness and chocolate sweetness.

I had originally planned on miniaturizing lemon tarts from Desserts by Pierre Herme not Lemon Meringue Tarts. I ended up scratching that plan, since I couldn’t execute the lemon crème curd. With that, I scratched the pate sucre as well and went with a traditional tart shell, kept the ganache portion and added the meringue for an almost traditional lemon meringue tart.
Luckily, I made a double batch of curd when I made the pear cake, knowing I just may need it for a back-up to this recipe.
As the saying goes, third time is a charm but that third time for the lemon crème curd will have to wait. I have to pump out 200 of these little babies for my very first order. Continue reading Mini Lemon Meringue Pie