Sweet Lemon & Shortbread Bars
Sweet Lemon & Shortbread Bars

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Sweet lemon (or sweet lime) is a generic catchall term used to describe citrus hybrids with low acid pulp and juice. Sweet lemon plants are not true lemons, but a lemon hybrid or a cross between two other types of citrus. Sweet lemon and sweet lime refer to a diverse groups of citrus hybrids that contain low acid pulp and juice. They are hybrids often similar to non-sweet lemons or limes, but with less citron parentage.

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To get started with this particular recipe, we must first prepare a few components. You can cook sweet lemon & shortbread bars using 15 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

The ingredients needed to make Sweet Lemon & Shortbread Bars:
  1. Get For the shortbread base layer
  2. Get 30 g icing sugar
  3. Get 100 g unsalted butter, at room temp
  4. Make ready 125 g plain flour
  5. Get Pinch fine salt
  6. Get For the Lemon filling
  7. Get 2 large free range eggs
  8. Get 1 egg yolk
  9. Get 180 g caster sugar
  10. Get 80 ml Lemon Juice
  11. Make ready 1/2 TSP Vanilla extract
  12. Make ready 2 tsp finely grated lemon zest
  13. Prepare 1/4 tsp baking powder
  14. Make ready 2 Tbsp plain flour
  15. Get Icing sugar for dusting

Its relatively smooth skin is yellow with a pale green tint, developing an orange hue when fully ripe. The thin rind is rich with aromatic oils, and the juicy flesh has minimal seeds and is nearly acid-less. The sweet lemons and sweet limes are found to be the best example of fruits, more than giving them an in depth explanation of their classification. They contain variety of fruits which are similar to them under the citrus classification.

Steps to make Sweet Lemon & Shortbread Bars:
  1. Grease and line with parchment a 8x8 inch baking pan.
  2. Make the shortbread base layer. In a mixing bowl, or the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, cream together the butter and icing sugar until pale and fluffy. Add the flour and salt and mix gently until well incorporated. Break into pieces and press evenly into the bottom of the prepared baking pan. It may seem at first like it won't spread across the whole pan, but it will if you persevere! Pop the pan into the fridge while you preheat the oven to 180C fan.
  3. When the oven is up to temperature, place the baking pan into the centre and bake for 20 minutes, or until the top appears matte and puffed, and the edges are just starting to brown. Meanwhile, make the Lemon Layer.
  4. To make the lemon layer, in a clean mixing bowl place the eggs, egg yolk and sugar and beat on a medium - high speed until paler in colour, light and airy. This should take around 3-4 minutes.
  5. Gently mix in the lemon juice, lemon zest, vanilla extract. Sift in the flour and baking powder over the top. Mix this in very gently until fully incorporated.
  6. Pour this lemon mixture over the still hot shortbread, then return to the oven and bake for an additional 18 to 20 minutes, or until the top is set. Remove from the oven and place the pan onto a wire rack to cool completely. Once cooled, remove from the pan and slice. Dust with icing sugar just before serving.

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