I wish I had pictures to show you of the fiesta.
I wish I could tell you that I had time to put up decorations.
I wish I had more practice at feeding crowds.
Alas, I cannot as my many hours spent in the kitchen making salsa from scratch.
Empanadas by hand.
And caramelizing sugar for dessert meant taking a moment to capture the festivities was something lost on me.
After all this it was a success. I will be attempting a Mexican fiesta another day.
The leftover from this lovely evening was a handful of limes remaining in the fruit basket, so I went on the hunt on what to do with these little green gems.
I haven’t made many things with limes. I’m drawn to the more traditional citrus of lemon’s and orange’s so I wanted to do something a little different then what I’ve previously done on here.
A little lime slice might do the trick.
These went down so well in my house that there was only one piece remaining into the next day – now that’s saying something for an effective recipe.
Creamy Lime Slice
Makes 12
Ingredients:
Base
1 cup flour
1/4 cup powdered sugar
1/4 cup powdered sugar
1/4 tsp sea salt
70g butter, cold and cubed
Filling
2/3 cup fresh lime juice (from about 6 limes)
1 1/4 cup sugar
1/4 cup flour
4 eggs
3 tsp lime zest
Directions:
Preheat the oven to 180°C/350F.
Place the flour, sugar and salt in a bowl and stir to combine. Add in the butter and mix the ingredients together with your fingers until it resembles breadcrumbs.
Place into a lightly greased medium sized baking pan and press into a compact even layer. Bake for 20-25 minutes or until lightly golden.
Meanwhile, whisk the sugar and flour together in a bowl to combine. Add one egg at a time and whisk until well mixed. Once this is a smooth mixture add the lime juice and zest and mix until smooth.
Pour the filling over the hot base and bake for 20 minutes or until the centre no longer jiggles. It will be lightly brown at this point also.
Set aside to cool then slice and sprinkle confectioner’s sugar over the top to serve.
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This looks amazing miss!!!Stunning photography too you should be very pleased
Why thank you. Wish I had leftovers to share with you :)
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