Guide to Prepare Lemon Bars with Olive Oil & Sea Salt

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To get started with this particular recipe, we have to 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 it.

Ingredients

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

Instructions

Steps 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!!

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