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Sablés au citron vert

Crumbly butter shortbread brightened with lime zest and juice. Melt-in-the-mouth and fragrant, perfect with a cup of tea in the afternoon.

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Ingredients

Ingredients

Spices & seasoning

Nutrition facts

115 kcal per serving

Protein
1.9 g
Carbohydrates
13.7 g
of which sugars
5.3 g
Fat
5.6 g
Fiber
0.7 g

Ecomely’s estimate, calculated from the ingredients with the ANSES Ciqual food composition table, excluding sides and seasoning added to taste.

Instructions

  1. Cut the cold butter into cubes and rub it into the flour and salt with your fingertips until you get a coarse crumb.
  2. Add the icing sugar and the grated zest of the limes, then mix.
  3. Work in the egg yolk and a tablespoon of lime juice to form a dough.
  4. Wrap the dough and let it rest for 30 minutes in the fridge.
  5. Roll the dough out to 5 mm and cut out shapes with a cookie cutter.
  6. Arrange on a tray and bake at 170°C for 10 to 12 minutes, until the edges are golden.

Variations and tips

Lime glaze. Mix 100 g of icing sugar with 1 tablespoon of lime juice and spread over the cooled shortbread.

More ideas

Original Ecomely recipe.