Name: The Old Vicarage Café’s citrus slice
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 5 min
Total time: 25 min
Ingredients: Base; 200 gram butter; 395 gram can sweetened condensed milk; 2 x 250g packets wine biscuits, finely crushed; 2 cup desiccated coconut; 1 lemon, finely grated zest; 1 orange, finely grated zest; Icing; 100 gram cream cheese; 25 gram butter; 1 lemon, finely grated zest; 1 -1½ cups icing sugar

The Old Vicarage Café’s citrus slice

Christchurch's The Old Vicarage Café shares the recipe for their famous citrus slice. It's the ultimate companion for an afternoon cuppa!

Makes 30

Prep

20M

Cook

Total

25M

This recipe first appeared in Food magazine.

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Ingredients

Base

200 gram butter

395 gram can sweetened condensed milk

2 x 250g packets wine biscuits, finely crushed

2 cup desiccated coconut

1 lemon, finely grated zest

1 orange, finely grated zest

Icing

100 gram cream cheese

25 gram butter

1 lemon, finely grated zest

1 -1½ cups icing sugar

Method

1.Grease the base of a 30cm x 25cm slice pan. Line the base with baking paper, if preferred.

2.Melt the butter, add the condensed milk and mix to combine. Add the remaining ingredients for the base and mix to combine. Press the base mixture evenly into the pan.

3.To prepare the icing, soften the cream cheese and butter and beat together well. Add the lemon zest. Gradually mix in the icing sugar to the desired consistency. Spread over the base and refrigerate.

Makes about 30 hearty pieces. – The Old Vicarage Café, 335 Halswell Rd, Halswell, Christchurch, ph (03) 322 1224. Open 7 days 9am-late. Owner: Campbell Parker.

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