Ingredients
Scale
Shortbread Base
- 1/3 cup rice flour
- 1 1/4 cup all purpose flour, divided
- 1/4 cup sugar
- 1/4 tsp baking powder
- pinch salt
- 8 tbsp unsalted butter, softened and cubed
Passionfruit Curd*
- 5 egg yolks
- 1 cup sugar
- 3/4 cup passionfruit juice
- zest of one lemon
- 1/2 cup unsalted butter, cubed
- food coloring (optional)
- powdered sugar
Instructions
Shortbread Base
- Pre-heat oven to 350 F
- Sift rice flour, 3/4 cup of all purpose flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt into a bowl and whisk together. Add cubed butter and use your fingers to rub the butter into the dry ingredients until you have a sand-like texture. It will be really crumbly, but hold it’s shape if you squeeze it together.
- Pour the dough into a 8×8 pan. Press the dough evenly into the base of the pan. Bake for 20 minutes.
Passionfruit Curd Filling
- Add 1 inch of water to a pot and bring to a boil.
- Add egg yolks and sugar to a large bowl and whisk together until light pale and fluffy (~5 minutes). Add passionfruit juice and lemon zest and whisk in.
- Place bowl on top of the pot (create a double boiler) making sure the bottom of the bowl does not touch the water. Turn heat down to low. Whisk the curd for 8-10 minutes or until thick.
- Remove curd from heat and whisk in 1 cube of butter at a time.
- Add 2 cups of the passionfruit curd into a bowl. Add 1/2 cup of flour and whisk. Store the rest of the passionfruit curd in a mason jar as use as a topping on pancakes, cookies, pavlovas, etc. It will stay good for up to 2 weeks.
- Pour the filling over the shortbread crust and spread into an even layer.
- Bake for 20-25 minutes or until the middle has set. Completely cool and then refrigerate for one hour. Top with powdered sugar and enjoy!
Notes
* Pasionfruit curd recipe is adapted from Alton Brown’s Lemon Curd Recipe
- Prep Time: 20 minutes
- Cook Time: 45 minutes