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For Pastry.
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Sift flour onto work surface and make a well in center.
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Mix sugar, yolks, vanilla and salt in well using fingertips until sugar and salt dissolve.
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Pound butter with rolling pin to soften, break into pieces and work into sugar mixture using fingertips.
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Using pastry cutter or dough scraper, cut flour into sugar mixture until well blended; gather into a ball.
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With heel of hand, push small pieces of dough down on surface away from you to blend butter and flour thoroughly; gather into a ball.
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Wrap in plastic and refrigerate at least 2 hours or up to 3 days.
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Roll dough out on lightly floured surface to thickness of 1/8 inch.
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Fit into 9 1/2-inch tart pan with removable bottom.
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Trim edges, cover with plastic and refrigerate 1 hour.
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Preheat oven to 400F.
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Lightly butter foil cut to fit bottom of tart pan;set buttered side down in tart pan.
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Fill shell with dried beans or pie weights.
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Bake until pastry is set, about 15 minutes.
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Remove weights and foil.
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Return to oven and bake until brown, 6 to 8 minutes.
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For Filling.
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Whisk sugar, lemon juice, eggs,yolks and peel in top of nonaluminum double boiler set over boiling water until mixture thickens enough to coat the back of a spoon, about 10 minutes; do not let boil.
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Remove from heat and whisk in butter, 1 tablespoon at a time,completely incorporating each before adding next.
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(Can be prepared up to 2 weeks ahead,covered and refrigerated).
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Pour filling into crust and cool to room temperature.
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For Meringue.
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Preheat broiler.
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Whisk sugar and whites set in stainless steel bowl set over saucepan of boiling water until slowly dissolving ribbon forms when whisk is lifted, about 10 minutes.
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Remove from heat and beat with electric mixer until whites are cool and stiff.
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Spoon into pastry bag fitted with star tip.
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Pipe concentric circles of stars atop tart, pulling up at the end of each star.
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Broil about 12 to 15 inches from source of heat until meringue is lightly browned, about 1 minute.
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Serve immediately.
