Pies and Tarts Dessert Recipes - Baked Very Well Tart Recipe

Ingredients

• 175 g/6 oz/1 1/2 cups plain (all-purpose) flour

• A pinch of salt

• 200 g/7 oz/scant 1 cup hard block margarine, diced

• Cold water, to mix

• 45-60 ml/3-4 tbsp raspberry jam (conserve)

• 75 g/3 oz/1/3 cup caster (superfine) sugar

• 2 large eggs

• 50 g/2 oz/1 cup plain cake crumbs

• 1.5 ml/1/4 tsp vanilla essence (extract)

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Method:

1. Sift the flour and salt into a bowl. Add 75 g/3oz/1/3 cup of the margarine and rub in with the fingertips until the mixture resembles fine breadcrumbs.

2. Mix with enough cold water to form a firm dough. Knead gently on a lightly floured surface, roll out and use to line a 23 cm/9 in pie plate.

3. Decorate the edge with the prongs of a fork. Spread the jam over the base, avoiding the rim. Beat the remaining margarine in a bowl with the caster sugar. Beat in the eggs, then the cake crumbs and vanilla essence.

4. Spread over the jam. Place the pie plate on a baking (cookie) sheet and bake in a preheated oven at 190°C/375°F/gas mark 5 for about 35 minutes until just set and golden brown. Serve warm.