Recipe: Blueberry lime bars

Once in a while you end up with leftover ingredients you want to use before they spoil but have no idea what to make with it. This time I had 3 egg whites and the dishes I normally use them in did not seem tempting enough

• Frittata & omelette
• Pies & Casseroles (whisk with milk or cream and pour over the pie)
• Meringue and soft meringue dessert topping (here are some nice tips on whipping egg whites)
• Coconut cookies / Macarons
• Amaretti cookies

So I started searching and found this recipe for Blackberry lime bars that I thought could easily be adjusted for blueberries. I later learned that you can actually freeze your egg whites but I definitely don’t regret doing these blueberry lime bars!

Recipe: Blueberry lime bars

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Prep Time 10 mins

Cook Time 50 mins

Total Time 1 hr

Course Dessert

Servings 16

Ingredients

  

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Crust

• 150 g butter softened
• 75 g sugar
• 150 g flour
• ½ vanilla bean or vanilla extract
• 1 pinch salt

Filling

• 500 ml frozen blueberries heaping 2 cups
• 170 g sugar 3/4 cup
• 4 limes around 150 ml juice and 2 tbsp zest
• 3 egg whites
• 1 egg
• 85 g flour 2/3 cup
• 1 pinch salt

Instructions

 

Crust

• Preheat oven to 175°C (350°F). Line a 18*24cm baking dish (7*10 in) with parchment paper
• Whisk butter and sugar with a hand mixer, then add vanilla and salt. Add flour while whisking until all is incorporated.
• Put dough in the baking dish and press it out evenly.
• Bake for 25 min until slighlty golden

Filling

• Heat the blueberries in the microwave then mix in a blender until liquidy then transfer to a bigger bowl.
• Zest the limes and squeeze out the lime juice.
• Add all remaining ingredients and stir to combine.
• Pour the mixture over the crust and bake for 25 min
• Let it cool down then place in fridge to cool completely (around 4 hours) or use the freezer if you are in a hurry.
• Once it is completely cool you are able to cut it into squares without making a mess

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Next time I will try some other combinations like:

• Strawberry & lime
• Cherries & lime
• Plum & lime
• Apple & lime
• Peach & lemon
• Blueberries & lemon

Could also be fun to experiment with raw sugar instead of granulated sugar. Check out some of our other sweet recipes.

Here are other recipes of sweet bars:

• Blueberry crumb bars with lemon
• Lemon bars