How to Make the Perfect Lemon Tart With a Foolproof Filling

You can get creative with your decorations—or leave the top unadorned, to let the magically sunny color (and flavor) of the filling really shine. Ghazalle Badiozamani/TNS

There are recipes where taking a few shortcuts or starting with store-bought components is just fine. And then there are recipes where the very best version takes some extra time and effort, but the payoff makes it worth it.

Friends, this classic lemon tart is definitely the latter type of recipe.