Thursday, October 29, 2009

Lemon Slice for Hospice


I mentioned last week that it was Baking for Hospice time again and I made the cupcakes I posted about last week. I also made this lemon slice. I have been so lucky this year in that I havent had to buy lemons once. I have been supplied by friends and also from the lemon tree at one of our rental properties. I have had enough to cook and bake with and also to preserve. My friend who was staying with me actually chose this recipe for me to make for hospice. It is from A Second Helping, the sequel to Ladies, A Plate.

The slice has a thin shortbread style base and then a lemon curd style topping. The slice makes a large one, but it is quite thin. I was tempted to make it in a smaller tin, but lemon slice is one of those things, that should be delicate, not thick and stodgy. The recipe didn’t say to use the zest of the lemon, but I did and I think that added to the texture, if not to the flavour. The recipe also suggested drizzling the top with chocolate. Now, I am a real chocolate lover, but I just cant imagine chocolate on lemon slice. Perhaps white chocolate, but definitely not dark. I just sprinkled my slice with icing sugar.

Lemon Slice (method adapted but ingredients the same - from A Second Helping by Alexa Johnston)

170g butter
105g icing sugar
180g flour

• Cream butter and icing sugar; stir in flour to make a dough
• Press dough into a lined 20x30cm slice tin and bake at 180c for 15-20 minutes or until golden

55g softened butter
200g sugar
15g flour
Juice and zest of three lemons
3 eggs

• Gently combine all ingredients with a whisk
• Pour over hot base and bake at 180c for a further 30 minutes
• When cold remove from tin and cut into slices. Dust with icing sugar

7 comments:

Cakelaw said...

Looks delicious Tammy - I love anything with lemon curd.

Zeetra said...

the slice looks delicious.
On the weekend I tried a lemon caramel dream slice.. it was nice but it also was strange having the yummy caramel with the tart lemon..

Susan @ My Wholefood Family Essentials said...

How wonderful to have a supply of lemons. Looks great!

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Anonymous said...

Love me some lemon bars. YUM.

Anonymous said...

Hi Tammy, I made your white choc and raspberry cupcakes on MOnday for my boss' birthday... they were delicious! He likes planes and bikes etc, so I iced them with white chocolate icing and put jet planes on the top of them. :) Jen

Kaz said...

Hi Tammy

I made this lemon slice yesterday as I'd been given a whole lot of lemons.

Let's just say that there isn't any left!!

:)