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

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The sweet, tart lemon curd is thicker than usual and the shortbread crust has a little secret: There's no butter. Instead, we use fruity, savory olive oil, plus a generous amount of salt. 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.

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

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

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. Whisk in butter, olive oil and lemon zest. 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.

Steps to make Lemon Bars with Olive Oil & Sea Salt:
  1. Heat oven to 325Ā°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!!

Allow to cool to room temperature, then refrigerate until cold before cutting into bars. 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. The best lemon olive oil is made by including lemon in with the olives when the olives are cold-pressed for their oil. Know that nothing one makes at home will quite live up to that standard, but most commercial lemon-infused olive oil s are not made that way, and instead are made more or less as described below, with a gentle heat-and-soak. Most lemon tart recipes feature butter in both the crust and the filling, but here we use extra-virgin olive oil instead.

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