Kiwi Lime Slice

Name: Kiwi Lime Slice
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 35 min
Total time: 55 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: New Zealand
Ingredients: 1 cup plain flour; 1/2 cup icing sugar; 100g cold butter, cubed; 3 eggs; 1/2 cup caster sugar; zest and juice of 4 limes; 75g butter, melted; 1 cup desiccated coconut; 1 cup icing sugar; 2 tbsp passionfruit pulp

A tangy New Zealand slice with a shortbread base, baked lime custard filling and passionfruit icing. Baking the shortbread base on its own first before the lime filling goes on is what keeps it crisp underneath, rather than turning soggy once the custard layer bakes on top.

Total time

55 min

Prep

20 min

Cook

35 min

Difficulty

medium

Cuisine

New Zealand

vegetarian

Ingredients

1 cupplain flour

1/2 cupicing sugar

100gcold butter, cubed

3eggs

1/2 cupcaster sugar

zest and juice of 4limes

75gbutter, melted

1 cupdesiccated coconut

1 cupicing sugar

2 tbsppassionfruit pulp

Instructions

Make base: mix flour and icing sugar. Rub in cold butter. Press into lined tin.

Bake base at 180°C for 15 minutes.

Mix eggs, caster sugar, lime zest and juice, melted butter and coconut. Pour over base.

Bake 20 more minutes. Cool.

Mix icing sugar and passionfruit. Spread and set.

Nutrition (estimated)

Per serving, based on a standard 4-serving portion and standard nutrition references — not a lab or USDA-verified measurement.

Calories

891

Protein

9.9g

Fat

52.7g

Carbs

99.7g

Fiber

4.5g

Sodium

68mg

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