Treacle Slice
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Author: Cat (Waitrose Kitchen, Oct 2010, p80)
Recipe type: Snack
Cuisine: English
Serves: 16 slices
Ingredients
- 75g unsalted butter, softened plus extra for greasing
- 200g plain flour
- 50g vegetable fat
- 1 lemon, zest and 1tbsp juice
- 454g golden syrup
- 150g breadcrumbs
- 1 egg, beaten
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 180C. Grease baking tray about 30cm*20cm*5cm.
- Put flour, 50g butter and vegetable fat in processor; blitz until have crumbly rubble. Combine lemon juice and 2tbsp iced water; pour down funnel with motor running until pale dough forms. Press into bottom of baking tin, using hands or back of metal spoon to make relatively smooth, even base. Bake for 20mins.
- Meanwhile, melt golden syrup and remaining25g butter in heavy-based pan on low heat. Stir in breadcrumbs (may look like thick, sticky mixture). Take pan off heat, allow to cool a bit then stir in lemon zest and egg. Pour mixture over cooked pastry; return tray to oven for 20mins. Filling should have risen slightly and look as though it's about to set - dry at edges but sticky at centre.
- Take out of oven. Leave to cool just a little. Slice and serve while still fragrantly warm.
Nutrition Information
Serving size: 1 slice Calories: 224 Fat: 7g Saturated fat: 3g Carbohydrates: 39g Sugar: 22g Salt: 0.5g
Recipe by tasty at http://tasty.haribotech.co.uk/?p=723