Lemon and Blueberry Tray Bake Recipe

Lemon and blueberry bars

Name: Lemon and blueberry bars
Total time: 1 h
Yield: Makes 9
Ingredients: 165g plain flour; 100g salted butter; 50g caster sugar; 1-2 tsp milk; 150g blueberries; 330g caster sugar; 4 lemons zested and juiced; 4 eggs beaten; 125g plain flour

Janine Ratcliffe

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Makes 9

Easy

Total time: 1 hr

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These simple lemon and blueberry bars are seriously moorish, gooey on the inside and crunchy on the out, the ideal summertime picnic treat

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Ingredients

Nutrition

165g plain flour
100g salted butter
50g caster sugar
1-2 tsp milk

Lemon and blueberry topping

150g blueberries
330g caster sugar
4 lemons

zested and juiced
4 eggs

beaten
125g plain flour

Nutrition: per serving

kcal408
fat11.6g
saturates6.5g
carbs68.7g
sugars44.1g
fibre1.6g
protein6.3g
salt0.3g

Method

step 1

Heat the oven to 190C/fan 170C/gas 5. Butter a 22cm square baking tin and line with baking paper, leaving the ends overhanging.
step 2

Put the flour and butter in a food processor and pulse until breadcrumb texture. Add the sugar and pulse a couple of times, then add 1-2 tsp of milk and pulse to just bring it together. Tip out into the base of the tin and flatten out using the back of a tablespoon. Bake for 20 minutes until golden, then cool. Turn the oven down to 180C/fan 160C/gas 4.
step 3

Whizz the blueberries to a purée in a food processor, then push through a sieve. Put in a pan with 30g of the caster sugar and simmer until sugar has dissolved, then boil for 3-4 minutes until thickened. Whisk the lemon zest and juice with the eggs and the rest of the sugar until light and foamy, then gradually whisk in the flour. Pour over the base and drizzle over the blueberry purée. Bake for 20-25 minutes, until just set. Cool completely in the tin before cutting into bars.

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Janine Ratcliffe in a short sleeved long dress sitting on a chair beneath palm trees on a balcony

Janine RatcliffeFood director

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