Lemon Slice Recipe
A gooey lemon slice with meringue like topping
Ingredients
To make crust
- 1½ cups flour
- ¾ cup caster sugar
- 150 grams butter cubed
To make filling
- 4 large eggs
- 1¾ cup caster sugar
- 3 lemon zest finely grated
- ⅔ cup lemon juice about 4-5 lemons
- ⅓ cup flour
Instructions
To make base
- Preheat oven to 180 C. Line a square tin with baking paper
- Combine butter, sugar and butter with a pastry blender or your hands to create a fine breadcrumb look. Press crumbs evenly into prepared tin.
- Bake for 15 mins until golden. Remove and reduce oven to 140 C
To make Filling
- Whisk eggs and sugar until very pale and thick. This is easiest with a stand mixer with whisk attachment as it can 5-10 mins. This creates the meringue like topping
- Fold in lemon juice, zest and flour. Carefully to not deflate the eggs.
- Pour over crust and bake for 40 minutes or until set
- Cool completely before cutting and dust with icing and lemon curd
Notes
Inspired by a recipe of Julie Le Clerc in Simple Cafe Food