Home
Recipes
limes

Zanzibar fish curry

Curry recipes

Zanzibar fish curry

20 minutes

Poached trout bowl

Seafood recipes

Poached trout bowl

15 minutes

Sticky chilli smoked snoek

Chilli recipes

Sticky chilli smoked snoek

8 minutes

Braaied fish parcels with coconut sauce

Braai recipes

Braaied fish parcels with coconut sauce

35 minutes

Red cabbage-and-apple slaw with tamarind, turmeric and ginger dressing

Apple recipes

Red cabbage-and-apple slaw with tamarind, turmeric and ginger dressing

Beef koftas with beetroot hummus and charred pita bread

Beef recipes

Beef koftas with beetroot hummus and charred pita bread

40 minutes

Turmeric-fried eggs with coconut chutney

Breakfast recipes

Turmeric-fried eggs with coconut chutney

10 minutes

Citrus-braised shortrib with chilli, lime and green tomato salsa

Beef recipes

Citrus-braised shortrib with chilli, lime and green tomato salsa

3 1⁄2 hours

Fish tacos with one-minute lime mayonnaise and pink grapefruit

Fish recipes

Fish tacos with one-minute lime mayonnaise and pink grapefruit

10 minutes

Apple juice-and-lime-cured trout

Apple recipes

Apple juice-and-lime-cured trout

Trout blinis

Afternoon tea

Trout blinis

20 minutes

Shortbread biscuits with lime icing

Biscuit recipes

Shortbread biscuits with lime icing

15 minutes

Load more

Shortbread biscuits with lime icing

By Abigail Donnelly

Serves Makes 8

Difficulty Easy

Prep Time 10 minutes, plus 1 hour's chilling time

Cooking Time 15 minutes

Ingredients

125 g salted butter
55 g caster sugar
180 g cake flour, plus 2 T for rolling
Pistachios, roughly chopped, to garnish
Fresh rosemary, roughly chopped, to garnish
Lime zest, to garnish
Edible flowers, to garnish

For the lime icing:

50 g icing sugar
1 T water
1 T lime juice
1 lime, zested

Method

Preheat the oven to 180°C. Line a baking sheet with greaseproof paper. Cream the butter and sugar together until light. Mix in the flour and knead to form a smooth dough. Wrap in clingwrap and chill for 30 minutes.
Roll out the dough to a thickness of a 5 mm on a lightly floured surface and cut into shapes. Place the biscuits onto the baking tray and chill for 30 minutes.
Bake for 15-20 minutes, or until golden. Remove from the oven and allow to cool.
To make the lime icing, sift the icing sugar into a bowl and mix in the water, lime juice and lime zest until smooth. Add more liquid if necessary. Spoon the icing over the biscuits and garnish with the pistachios, rosemary, lime zest and edible flowers.

Discover more biscuit recipes here.