Everyone loves lemon, in savoury dishes as well as sweet. I certainly do. I wish I had a lemon tree but I don’t. Not that that prevents me from adding lemon to everything. This recipe was inspired by the Triple Citrus Dessert Bars created by Kristine at Real Food Girl Unmodified. She is a chef who believes passionately in real food with nothing adulterated – in other words, a girl after my own heart. Mine is the gluten-free version of the topping of her recipe with my own base.
I have a big birthday coming up in a week and I have nothing planned – nothing at all. When my sister had her last big one, she and I went to Paris to be there for her birthday and we had a lovely time. This year, Adriano and I are going on a cruise in the Baltic sea in August after he races (mountain biking) in the International Masters in Norway. I can call that my celebration, can’t I? Even though it is five months later. My head is not in the birthday space right now – maybe if I was turning 30 it would be.
- 1 cup butter
- ½ cup icing sugar
- Pinch of salt
- ¾ cup rice flour
- ¼ cup potato starch
- ¼ cup tapioca flour
- 2 eggs
- ¾ cup cane sugar
- 1 tbsp rice flour
- 1 tbsp tapioca flour
- ½ tsp baking powder
- 6 tbsp lemon juice
- Pre-heat the oven to 350°F/180°C.
- Cream the butter and sugar together.
- Sift the flours and salt together.
- Mix the dry with the wet ingredients.
- Press into a buttered 20cm/8" baking dish.
- Bake for 25-30 minutes.
- Place everything in a food processor to mix well together.
- Pour over the baked but still hot base.
- Place back in the oven for 15-20 minutes.
- Remove from the oven and cool before cutting into bars.
- Dust with icing sugar.
Way to go! These look great! 🙂 I’m so glad when two Real Food Foodies can figure out a way to get a recipe to work despite the fact that I’m not GF or Low FODMAP! Thanks for coming up with a fantastic marriage between our two recipes.
Thank you for the inspiration, Kristine.
Lemon has my number. So these bars have it, too. 😉 Congrats on the forthcoming big birthday! I’d definitely say that cruise counts as a celebration! I’ve cruised the Baltic Sea before — wonderfully beautiful. Will you be spending time in St. Petersburg? Loads to see there.
I love seeing beautiful landscape so much more than cities so I am sure I will enjoy it. I haven’t nailed down the cruise yet and must do that soon so I am not sure about St Petersburg. I hope so.
I think a birthday celebrated a few months after the date is perfectly acceptable – at least it delays the reality of the new age – it won’t be able to hit you until you’ve actually had your ‘proper’ celebration. Looking forward to hearing all about the cruise xx
Good, then that’s how it will be and I like the idea of delaying the reality a lot. This one hurts.
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