Lemon Bars with Olive Oil & Sea Salt
How to Making Recipes Lemon Bars with Olive Oil & Sea Salt using 17 ingredients and 13 steps
Lemon Bars with Olive Oil & Sea Salt -
You can cook Lemon Bars with Olive Oil & Sea Salt using 17 ingredients and 13 steps. Here is how you cook that.
Ingredients cook Lemon Bars with Olive Oil & Sea Salt
- You need Shortbread Crust.
- Prepare 1 1/4 cup all-purpose flour.
- You need 1/4 cup granulated sugar.
- You need 3 tbsp powdered sugar.
- It's 1 tsp lemon zest (finely grated).
- Prepare 1/4 tsp fine sea salt.
- Prepare 10 tbsp unsalted butter.
- It's Lemon Curd.
- Prepare 6 each lemon.
- You need 1 1/2 cup granulated sugar.
- Prepare 2 each eggs.
- You need 3 each egg yolks.
- You need 1 1/2 tsp cornstarch.
- You need 4 tbsp unsalted butter (cold, cut in cubes).
- It's 1/4 cup olive oil, extra virgin(good quality).
- Prepare 1 powdered sugar (for finishing topping).
- You need 1 sea salt (flaky-for sprinkling).
Lemon Bars with Olive Oil & Sea Salt step by step
- Heat oven to 325°F & line a 9X9 baking pan with enough parchment paper to hang over two sides of pan (to be used as handles later to lift out of pan).
- To make shortbread: pulse together flour, granulated sugar, powdered sugar, lemon zest, and salt in food processor..
- Add butter & pulse to cut the butter into the flour mixture until a crumbly dough forms.
- Press dough into prepared pan & bake until shortbread is pale golden brown. About 30-35 minutes..
- While shortbread baking prepare the curd..
- Grate 1/2 tablespoon lemon zest and set aside. Squeeze lemons to yield 3/4 cup lemon juice..
- In a small saucepan: whisk together lemon juice, sugar, eggs & yolks, cornstarch, and fine sea salt over medium heat until boiling & thickened (2-5 minutes) make sure mixture comes to boil or cornstarch won't activate..
- Remove from heat & strain into a bowl..
- Whisk in butter, olive oil, and lemon zest..
- When shortbread is done: take it out of oven, carefully pour lemon curd onto shortbread base and return to oven..
- Bake until topping is set (10-15 minutes more) . Remove from oven and allow to cool to room temp then refrigerate until completely cool before cutting..
- Sprinkle powdered sugar and sprinkle flaky sea salt over cooled bars prior to serving..
- Enjoy!!.
Lemon Bars with Olive Oil & Sea Salt - Thank you and good luck