Name: Lemon Elderflower Tartlets
Prep time: 90 min
Cook time: 1 h
Yield: 12
Ingredients: For the lemon meringue kisses; 1 quantity meringue kisses (see above); Lemon extract, to taste; Yellow food colouring paste; For the tartlet shells; 150g/5oz unsalted butter, softened, plus extra for greasing; 120g/4¼oz icing sugar, sifted; 2 medium eggs, at room temperature; ½ tsp vanilla extract; 300g/11oz plain flour, sifted, plus extra for dusting and flouring the tins; A pinch of salt; For the lemon and elderflower custard; 245ml/8¼fl oz freshly squeezed lemon juice and grated zest from approximately 5 lemons, strained; 3 medium eggs; 245g/8¼oz caster sugar; 25g/1oz custard powder; 100g/4oz unsalted butter, softened; 20 drops of elderflower extract; For decoration; Icing sugar, for dusting; Fresh edible elderflower blossoms; 2 tbsp popping candy; Edible gold lustre dust; Silver metallic sugar balls (4mm/⅛in)

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