Coconut and Passionfruit Slice

Based on Bill Granger's recipe in bills.

Ingredients

Makes

  • 125g butter
  • 1½ cup caster sugar
  • 5 egg
  • 2 cups plain flour
  • ½ tsp baking powder
  • 1 tsp vanilla essence
  • 1 cup shredded coconut
  • 1½ cups cream
  • 160ml coconut milk
  • juice and zest of 1 lemon
  • ½ cup passionfruit pulp
  • salt

Pastry

  1. Beat 125g butter and ½ cup caster sugar in a stand mixer until light and creamy.
  2. Add 1 egg and 1 tsp vanilla essence and beat well.
  3. Add 1½ cup plain flour (sifted), ½ tsp baking powder and a pinch of salt, and stir until combined and the mixture forms a sticky dough.
  4. Flour hands and press pastry evenly into the base of a greased and baking-paper lined 23 x 23 cm (9 x 9 in) tin.
  5. Bake pastry base in the oven for 15 minutes.

Filling

  1. Whisk 4 eggs and 1 cup caster sugar in a bowl and whisk until pale.
  2. Add 1 cup shredded coconut, ⅓ cup plain flour, 1½ cups cream, 160ml coconut milk, the juice and zest of 1 lemon, and ½ cup passionfruit pulp. Stir to combine.

Baking

  1. Preheat the oven to 180°C / 350°F.
  2. Pour filling over pastry base in the tin.
  3. Bake for 35-40 minutes or until golden. Remove from the oven and allow to cool completely in the tin.
  4. When cool, slice into squares.