Pistachio Coconut Grapefruit Bars
CRUST
1 cup flour
1 teaspoon salt
½ cup shelled, unsalted pistachios, finely chopped
½ cup unsalted butter (1 stick), softened
½ cup granulated sugar
FILLING
¼ cup flour
2 teaspoons vanilla
4 eggs
1 cup granulated sugar
Zest and juice from 1 small grapefruit (about ½ cup juice)
TOPPING
½ cup unsweetened flaked coconut
½ cup roughly chopped pistachios
Instructions:
Heat oven to 325 degrees. Grease and line an 8-by-8-inch baking pan with parchment paper.
Make the crust: Combine flour, salt and pistachios in a medium bowl and set aside. Cream butter and sugar together with a mixer until fluffy, about 5 minutes. Work in the flour mixture until just combined. You should have a very stiff, even crumbly dough. Press into the pan and bake until the surface of the crust looks dry and the edges are lightly brown, about 20 minutes. Set aside and allow to cool completely.
For the filling, whisk together flour, vanilla, eggs, sugar and grapefruit juice and zest in a medium bowl. Pour over the cooled crust. Sprinkle with the roughly chopped pistachios and flaked coconut. Bake for 30 minutes, or until the filling is just barely set — it shouldn’t wiggle when you move the pan, but if the edges start puffing up you’ve cooked it too long. Allow to cool completely before serving.