Sweet lemony berry treats
I just love simple recipes and this one is easy peasy! It is more or less Maria and Josh’s recipe from Two Peas and their Pod. If you’ve never seen their site, take a look. It’s fabulous!
Berry season is here and these sweet treats are perfect to celebrate. They are ideal for a warm day for two reasons: a) they do not need hours in the oven, and b) they are great served chilled and can be cut into small pieces for a little treat with afternoon tea!
Lemon Blueberry Bites
For the base:
- 250g digestive biscuits (or similar: graham crackers, hobnobs etc)
- 100g butter
- zest of half a lemon
Crush biscuits. Mix with melted butter and zest. Press into a square 20cm cake tin lined with greased baking parchment. Bake for 10 mins at 180°C. Leave to cool a little.
For the topping:
- 400g (14oz) tin sweetened condensed milk
- 3 egg yolks
- juice of 2 lemons (about half a cup)
- 1 tsp lemon zest
- 1 cup blueberries (I used frozen)
Whisk milk and eggs until well combined. Whisk in lemon juice and zest. Stir in berries and pour over base. Bake for 20 mins at 180°C. Leave to cool in the tin, then chill. Cut into small squares just before serving – they are very sweet, but very delicious!
Thanks for stopping by, and have a nice day!
Cathy this is fabulous…I love treats with lemon and blueberries…so refreshing…I will check out their blog.
Their site has so many good recipes – I just can’t decide what to make next! 😀
i’d like to try a sample 🙂
David in Maine USA
Well, it’s very easy to bake David… and blueberries are coming into season in Maine too aren’t they? 😉
Ein Rezept kommt jetzt gerade richtig. I found the first blueberries – but only a few. Have a nice day! Uta
You too Uta! 😀
Yes, and the wild strawberries – I found – I´ll show next 🙂
Looks wonderful. I will give these a try. – http://mary-goingnative.blogspot.com/
Enjoy!
Another tempting recipe Cathy. Blueberries are my favorite berry and we’re just getting local ones in now.
I love them too, so hope to do another recipe or two soon.:D
Loooks goood. I´d love to try that. I just need to substitute the lemon. Maybe with vanilla? By the way, it seems that the two blueberries in the last picture look at you 😉
Perhaps you could use lemon balm or lemon verbena? They are very sweet, so need a “fresh” flavour too. Those blueberries are not just looking at you, they are talking to you… “Eat me!” 😉
I tried out your recipe yesterday without the lemon. Turned out lovely!
Glad it worked out!
Another one to do for the weekend. Thank you!
Enjoy baking! 😀
YUM! Not only are your recipes outstanding, but your photography is incredible. Coming here to visit always leaves my mouth watering… And with another recipe I am eager to try! Thank you!
Thank you Gina. You’re too kind! Hope you try it, and take a look at http://www.twopeasandtheirpod.com for more super recipes!
Thank you so much! I will.
look amazing as always!!
Hi there! They are really good – go and bake some now! 😉
haha after work im on it!
Oh delicious! And I have the biscuit base already (sablés from Brittany, nicely crushed in transit!)…
Perfect! 😀