Plum & Pistachio Bars | Guest Recipes | Nigella's Recipes | Nigella Lawson

Ingredients

• 300 grams plain flour (plus extra for dusting)
• 90 grams icing sugar
• ¼ teaspoon fine sea salt
• 200 grams unsalted butter (cold, cut into cubes)
• 1 large egg yolk
• 20 millilitres water (ice cold)
• 80 grams self-raising flour
• ½ teaspoon baking powder
• 150 grams unsalted butter (softened)
• 150 grams caster sugar
• zest of 1 lemon
• 3 eggs
• 40 grams ground almonds
• 40 grams ground pistachios
• ¼ teaspoon almond extract (optional)
• 6 small red plums (de-stoned, each cut into 6 wedges/slices)
• icing sugar (for dusting)