Blueberry Crumble Slice

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Blueberry Crumble Slice

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 cups plain flour
• 1 cup brown sugar, firmly packed
• 1 cup hazelnut meal
• 1 tsp ground cinnamon
• 185g cold butter, chopped
• 125g cream cheese, softened
• 1/3 cup caster sugar
• 1 tsp grated orange rind
• 2 x 150g punnets blueberries
• Icing-sugar mixture, to decorate

Method
1 Grease 19cm x 29cm rectangular slice pan.

2 Process flour, sugar, hazelnut meal and cinnamon until combined. Add butter and process until mixture is crumbly. Press 3/4 of mixture over the base of pan. Press remaining mixture into a ball shape. Cover and freeze until firm.

3 Cook base in moderate oven (180C) for about 15 minutes, or until lightly browned. Cool in pan.

4 Beat cream cheese, sugar and orange rind in a bowl with an electric mixer until combined. Spread over base, then sprinkle with blueberries. Coarsely grate remaining frozen dough over top.

5 Cook in moderate oven (180C) for 30 minutes, or until topping is golden brown. Stand slice in pan for 10 minutes before cutting.

6 Serve slice warm or cold dusted with icing-sugar mixture.