Lemon Bars with Olive Oil & Sea Salt
Lemon Bars with Olive Oil & Sea Salt

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Meyer lemon bars are the perfect springtime treat: with a tart and sweet Meyer lemon custard baked on top of a layer of buttery shortbread. These sunny Meyer lemon bars are as delicious as they are easy, with a layer of tender shortbread topped with an easy, shortcut lemon curd: no stovetop required! Whisk in butter, olive oil and lemon zest.

To begin with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can have lemon bars with olive oil & sea salt using 17 ingredients and 13 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make Lemon Bars with Olive Oil & Sea Salt:
  1. Take Shortbread Crust
  2. Make ready 1 1/4 cup all-purpose flour
  3. Make ready 1/4 cup granulated sugar
  4. Prepare 3 tbsp powdered sugar
  5. Make ready 1 tsp lemon zest (finely grated)
  6. Get 1/4 tsp fine sea salt
  7. Prepare 10 tbsp unsalted butter
  8. Take Lemon Curd
  9. Take 6 each lemon
  10. Take 1 1/2 cup granulated sugar
  11. Prepare 2 each eggs
  12. Get 3 each egg yolks
  13. Take 1 1/2 tsp cornstarch
  14. Prepare 4 tbsp unsalted butter (cold, cut in cubes)
  15. Take 1/4 cup olive oil, extra virgin(good quality)
  16. Take 1 powdered sugar (for finishing topping)
  17. Prepare 1 sea salt (flaky-for sprinkling)

Whisk in lemon zest, cold butter and olive oil. When the shortbread is done, pour the curd into the hot crust and put it back in the oven. This recipe adds extra notes of flavor to the mix: the compelling bitterness of good olive oil and a. The sweet, tart lemon curd is thicker than usual and the shortbread crust has a little secret: There's no butter.

Instructions to make Lemon Bars with Olive Oil & Sea Salt:
  1. 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)
  2. To make shortbread: pulse together flour, granulated sugar, powdered sugar, lemon zest, and salt in food processor.
  3. Add butter & pulse to cut the butter into the flour mixture until a crumbly dough forms
  4. Press dough into prepared pan & bake until shortbread is pale golden brown. About 30-35 minutes.
  5. While shortbread baking prepare the curd.
  6. Grate 1/2 tablespoon lemon zest and set aside. Squeeze lemons to yield 3/4 cup lemon juice.
  7. 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.
  8. Remove from heat & strain into a bowl.
  9. Whisk in butter, olive oil, and lemon zest.
  10. When shortbread is done: take it out of oven, carefully pour lemon curd onto shortbread base and return to oven.
  11. 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.
  12. Sprinkle powdered sugar and sprinkle flaky sea salt over cooled bars prior to serving.
  13. Enjoy!!

Instead, we use fruity, savory olive oil, plus a generous amount of salt. When the shortbread is ready, take it out of the oven and carefully pour the lemon curd onto the shortbread base; return the pan to the oven. Most lemon tart recipes feature butter in both the crust and the filling, but here we use extra-virgin olive oil instead. It makes the crust a snap: Just mix the flour, sugar, and salt with the oil and a little water until a soft dough form. The best lemon olive oil is made by including lemon in with the olives when the olives are cold-pressed for their oil.

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