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Bakewell tart

Bakewell tart

Instructions:

To make the pastry, measure the flour into a bowl and rub in the butter with your fingertips until the mixture resembles fine breadcrumbs. Add the water, mixing to form a soft dough. Roll out the dough on a lightly floured work surface and use to line a 20cm/8in flan tin. Leave in the fridge to chill for 30 minutes. Preheat the oven to 200C/400F/Gas 6 (180C fan). Line the pastry case with foil and fill with baking beans. Bake blind for about 15 minutes, then remove the beans and foil and cook for a further five minutes to dry out the base. For the filing, spread the base of the flan generously with raspberry jam. Melt the butter in a pan, take off the heat and then stir in the sugar. Add ground almonds, egg and almond extract. Pour into the flan tin and sprinkle over the flaked almond...

Category: Dessert

Area: British

Ingredients:

  • plain flour - 175g/6oz
  • chilled butter - 75g/2½oz
  • cold water - 2-3 tbsp
  • raspberry jam - 1 tbsp
  • butter - 125g/4½oz
  • caster sugar - 125g/4½oz
  • ground almonds - 125g/4½oz
  • free-range egg, beaten - 1
  • almond extract - ½ tsp
  • flaked almonds - 50g/1¾oz