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

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Traditional lemon bars balance the tangy sweetness of lemon curd with a rich shortbread crust. This recipe adds extra notes of flavor to the mix: the compelling bitterness of good olive oil and a touch of sea salt sprinkled on top. They lend a mild savory character to this childhood favorite, making it a little.

To get started with this particular recipe, we must 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. Get Shortbread Crust
  2. Get 1 1/4 cup all-purpose flour
  3. Prepare 1/4 cup granulated sugar
  4. Get 3 tbsp powdered sugar
  5. Prepare 1 tsp lemon zest (finely grated)
  6. Get 1/4 tsp fine sea salt
  7. Get 10 tbsp unsalted butter
  8. Take Lemon Curd
  9. Prepare 6 each lemon
  10. Make ready 1 1/2 cup granulated sugar
  11. Take 2 each eggs
  12. Prepare 3 each egg yolks
  13. Make ready 1 1/2 tsp cornstarch
  14. Make ready 4 tbsp unsalted butter (cold, cut in cubes)
  15. Get 1/4 cup olive oil, extra virgin(good quality)
  16. Take 1 powdered sugar (for finishing topping)
  17. Get 1 sea salt (flaky-for sprinkling)

Melissa Clark makes lemon bars sprinkled with flaky sea salt and confectioner's sugar. Produced by: Jenny Woodward Read the story here. NYT Cooking: Traditional lemon bars balance the tangy sweetness of lemon curd with a rich shortbread crust. This recipe adds extra notes of flavor to the mix: the compelling bitterness of good olive oil and a touch of sea salt sprinkled on top.

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!!

They lend a mild savory character to this childhood. Savory, tart, bitter, and sweet from The New York Times: Melissa Clark demonstrates how to make lemon bars with a sophisticated twist by adding olive oil. Whisk in butter, olive oil and lemon zest. Allow to cool to room temperature, then refrigerate until cold before cutting into bars. Tangy lemon curd with rich shortbread is all you need.

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