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Lemon Shortcake Recipe

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Contributor:  
Contributor:  
Margaret McKellar
Category:
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Ingredients:  
Ingredients:  
Filling:
1/2 cup lemon juice
grated rind of 1 lemon
1 cup sugar
2 eggs beaten
120g butter
Pastry:
2 cups S.R. flour
1 cup caster sugar
120g butter
2 eggs
Top:
1/2 to 1 cup almonds, flaked or slivered
Directions:
Directions:
Place all filling ingredients in a saucepan and cook on a low to medium heat, till thick, stirring almost constantly.
Allow to cool.
To make pastry: place sifted flour, sugar and butter in a food processor and whizz until like breadcrumbs.
Add eggs and bring mixture together to form a ball. Do not over mix.
Place 2/3 rolled pastry in a greased and lined 20cm springform tin. Add filling, but you may have a little left over.
Then scatter dollops of remaining pastry over filling. Sprinkle with almonds, and bake in mod. oven (170C )
for about 40 mins. When cool, dust with icing sugar, and serve with whipped/double cream.

 

 

 

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