I know I say it often, but I love school holidays. Don’t get me wrong, I enjoy my job, but if some one were to pay me to stay home, I wouldn’t say no. Winter holidays are always a little harder because the mornings are frosty, the days are cold, and the nights are long. We have been enjoying sleep-ins in cosy beds, hot drinks by the fire, and the odd movie. We also enjoy time to think about projects and try new ideas, and my favourite, time to try out new recipe ideas.
This slice came to me when I was thinking about what I could make with a couple of lemons that were in our fruit bowl. It is super yummy, with a perfect balance of sweetness and sour tang. If you had a jar of lemon curd in your fridge, you could easily substitute it for the lemon filling in this recipe.
- Base and crumble
- 2c SR flour
- 1c sugar
- 125g butter
- 2 eggs
- + ⅓c extra flour for crumble
- Filling
- ½c lemon juice
- zest of two lemons
- 125g butter
- 1c sugar
- 2 eggs
- Place the flour, sugar, and butter into a food processor and process until the mixture resembles breadcrumbs. (If you don't have a food processor, just use your fingers to rub the butter in as you would for pastry or scones).
- Add the eggs into the food processor. Process until the dough comes together.
- Remove ⅔ of the dough and press into a lined 20cm by 30cm slice tin.
- Add the extra flour in with the dough and process again to form crumbs.
- To make the filling, place all the ingredients into a small saucepan.
- Gently heat the filling mixture, stirring slowly, until the mixture thickens. Do not over cook or the egg will scramble.
- Pour the mixture over the base in the baking tin.
- Sprinkle the crumble mixture over the top.
- Bake at 180*c for 30 minutes.
P.S How do you like my new look blog – I’ve been working super hard on it for a few months now, and I did all by myselfs (pronounced self-ses – like a 3 year old). Please bear with me over the next few days/week as I get my head around all the niggly bits and pieces that are not quite right yet… and if you spot something odd, I’d love it if you would leave a comment or shoot me a message so I can sort it out.
Thanks – Jo xxx
What do you love most about holidays? Got any good slice recipes? I’m on the hunt for inspiration!
Oh I love lemony sweets!!!
Is that header new? Very pretty. And that slice – I think I just died. Thank you x
I’ve redone my whole site, but I am in love with my header lol. The slice didn’t last 24 hours!
WOW your blog is looking gorgeous!!! And that recipe – talk about yum! I love anything with lemon in it! Thanks for linking up with our Fabulous Foodie Fridays party! Have a great weekend. xx
Thanks Lucy! You too!
I’ve been wanting to make a slice like this for ages! I have one similar with a caramel filling but always knew lemon would be perfect – looks like it is! Yum! =)
The slice didn’t even last 24 hours at our house – it’s one of our favourites already!