Name: Polenta, pistachio and lime biscuits
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 12 min
Total time: 22 min
Yield: 25 servings
Cuisine: Bake
Ingredients: 75 g butter softened; 75 g castor sugar; 1 eggs; 1 eggs yolks only; 1 cup flour cake, sifted; 3/4 cup maize meal polenta; lime zest only; 2 tsp milk; 1/4 cup pistachio nuts shelled and chopped; 1 cup icing sugar sifted; 2 Tbs water hot; lime zest only

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Ingredients (12)

75 g	butter — softened
75 g	castor sugar
1	eggs
1	eggs — yolks only
1 cup	flour — cake, sifted
3/4 cup	maize meal — polenta
	lime — zest only
2 tsp	milk
1/4 cup	pistachio nuts — shelled and chopped

ICING:

1 cup	icing sugar — sifted
2 Tbs	water — hot
	lime — zest only

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Method:

Preheat oven to 180°C. Place butter, sugar, egg, egg yolk, flour, polenta and lime zest in the bowl of a food mixer.

Beat until combined. Add the milk and beat in until the dough comes together in a soft ball. Add the nuts.

Roll out dough between 2 sheets of clingfilm until it’s about ½–1cm thick. Place in freezer for 10 minutes or until firm. Cut out biscuits with biscuit cutter and place on a lined baking tray.

Bake for 10–12 minutes, or until golden. Allow to cool completely on a cooling rack before icing.

To make the icing, sift icing sugar into a bowl and stir in water. Drizzle mixture over biscuits and top with extra lime zest.

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