ROYAL CURD TART

I used a premade short pastry flan . 23cm (9"). Preheat your oven to 180 deg C . Prick the base of your flan and blind bake the flan for 15 minutes . To prepare the filling place 250 gm of cream cheese (room temp) in a bowl and blend in 1/2 cup of ground almonds ( almond meal ) , 1/4 cup of castor sugar and 2 lightly beaten egg yolks . Now add the grated rind and juice of 1 lemon , 1/3 rd cup of sultanas and 2/3rds of a cup of cream , mix well . Beat the 2 egg whites in a separate clean dry bowl until stiff and fold through the mixture. Now pour this batter into the flan case and bake in the well preheated oven for 20 minutes and then reduce the oven temp to 160 deg C and bake for 30 minutes or till firm and golden . Serve warm or chilled with icing sugar dusted over .