Sumptuous strawberry curd bars

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20 servings Prep: 15 mins, Cooking: 30 mins
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By Hope Malau November 07 2018
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Ingredients (13)

CRUST
200 g pecan nuts
125 ml icing sugar
2,5 ml cinnamon — ground
125 ml butter — softened
350 g strawberries — frozen
125 ml water
250 ml castor sugar
4 eggs — large
4 eggs — just the yolks
30 ml lemon juice
pinch salt
125 ml butter — unsalted, softened
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Method:

Crust:

1. Preheat the oven to 180 °C. Line a baking pan with baking paper. Place the nuts in a food processer and blitz until finely ground. Add the flour, icing sugar and cinnamon to the food processor and blitz. Add the butter until everything is combined or use your fingertips to mix all the ingredients together.

2. Press the mixture into the lined baking pan, making it even, and freeze for 30 minutes. Remove from the freezer and bake for 20 minutes.

Curd

3. Place the berries in a pot with the water on medium heat for 5 minutes. Strain through a sieve, mashing the berries, and set aside to cool.

4. Add the caster sugar, eggs, egg yolks, lemon juice and salt to the berry liquid. Place the mixture in a pot on medium heat, stirring vigorously until it thickens. Remove from the heat and stir in the butter until well combined.

5. Pour the warm curd over the crust and bake for 10 minutes or until the curd is set. Cool and refrigerate for 1 hour before cutting.



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