Chocolate, Coconut And Lemon Bars

Quaff down these moreish chocolate, coconut & lemon bars while you watch the MasterChef grand finale!

The ingredient of Chocolate Coconut And Lemon Bars

• 220g cold unsalted butter
• 120g 1 2 3 cups shredded coconut plus extra to decorate
• 200g 1 1 4 cups icing sugar
• 50g 1 3 cup self raising flour
• 2 lemons zested juiced
• 1 2 teaspoon vanilla bean paste or extract
• 6 egg whites
• 4 egg yolks
• 75g 1 3 cup caster sugar
• 100g dark chocolate 70 cocoa solids chopped

The Instruction of chocolate coconut and lemon bars

• preheat oven to 180c grease an 8 hole 6cm x 9cm mini loaf pan and line bases with baking paper
• melt 150g butter in a small pan over low heat place coconut in a large bowl sift over icing sugar flour and 1 4 teaspoon salt stir in zest vanilla melted butter and egg whites until just combined
• spoon batter into lined pan and bake for 25 minutes or until bars are golden and spring back when lightly pressed immediately run a small knife around each bar then carefully ease them out of the pan transfer to a wire rack to cool
• meanwhile to make lemon curd place egg yolks and caster sugar in a bowl and whisk until combined add lemon juice and whisk until incorporated fill a saucepan one third full with water and bring to a simmer over lowu2013medium heat place bowl over the pan and whisk continuously for 5 minutes or until the mixture thickens to the consistency of double cream whisk in 50g finely chopped butter until melted then chill for 2 hours to firm makes 1 1 4 cups
• place chocolate and remaining 20g chopped butter in a small heatproof bowl then place bowl over a saucepan of gently simmering water stir until melted and smooth
• to assemble cut coconut bars in half horizontally spread with lemon curd then sandwich bars spread chocolate on top and decorate with extra coconut chill for 5 minutes to firm chocolate

Nutritions of Chocolate Coconut And Lemon Bars

calories: 560 933 calories
calories: 38 grams fat
calories: 25 grams saturated fat
calories: 49 grams carbohydrates
calories: 43 grams sugar
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calories: 6 grams protein
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calories: 92 93 milligrams sodium
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