Grapefruit Bars

Photo: flickr user feridun

Ingredients

Crust

cup ½ confectioner’s sugar

1 cup ½ all purpose flour

cup ¼ unsalted butter, at room temperature

2 tablespoons cold water

Filling

cup ¾ all purpose flour

2 cups sugar

1 cup grapefruit juice

Zest from grapefruit

3 tablespoons minced candied ginger

5 eggs

Preparation

Crust

Preheat the oven to 350. Butter a 9 by 13 inch baking pan.

Sift confectioner’s sugar into the bowl of a food processor fitted with dough attachment. Add the flour and pulse to mix. Add the butter and pulse to combine. Add water and pulse until smooth dough forms.

Press into the prepared pan evenly into the bottom and about ½ inch up the sides of the pan. Line the crust with parchment paper and fill with pie weights. Bake until the crust turns a deep golden brown about 30 minutes.

While the crust is baking prepare your filling.

Sift the flour into a mixing bowl, with the whisk attachment, add the sugar and whisk until blended. Add the grapefruit juice, zest and ginger and whisk until the sugar is dissolved. Add the eggs one at a time and whisk until blended.

When the crust is ready, remove from the oven, take out the pie weights and pour the filling onto the hot crust. No need to let it cool. Reduce the heat to 300 and bake for 45 minutes or until the center is not jiggly.

Let cool completely before slicing and cutting.

You may dust with more confectioner’s sugar before serving.