Mango Lemon Bars

Ingredients list for Mango Lemon Bars

• 1½ cups Refined flour (maida)
• 1 tablespoon Castor sugar (caster sugar)
• ½ Salt
• Zest of 1 lemon
• ½ cup Melted butter
• for dusting Powdered sugar
• Mango lemon curd -
• 1½ cups Mango pulp
• Juice of 2 lemons
• Zest of 1 lemon
• 4 Eggs
• 2 Egg yolks
• 1 cup Castor sugar (caster sugar)
• ½ cup Butter

Method

1. Preheat oven to 180° C. Line a 4x8 inch rectangle aluminum baking tin with a parchment paper.
2. To prepare the crust, sift together the flour, castor sugar and salt in a bowl. Add lemon zest and butter and mix till well combined.
3. Line the tin with prepared crust and dork using a fork.
4. Place the tray into preheated oven and bake fourteen to fifteen minutes. Remove from oven and cool.
5. To prepare the mango lemon curd, break eggs in abowl. Add the egg yolks, castor sugar, mango pulp, lemon juice and lemon zest and whisk well.
6. Heat the egg-mango mixture in a non-stick pan and cook forsix to eight minutes or till it thickens.
7. Strain the cooked egg-mango mixture in another bowl. Add butter gradually and mix well.
8. Pour the curd into the baked crust. Put the tray back into the preheated oven and bake for ten to fifteen minutes. Remove from heat and cool. Refrigerate for three hours.
9. Dust some powdered sugar on top, cut into 1 inch thick fingers and serve chilled.

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