Bakewell tart
Ingredients
Ingredients | Measure |
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 |
Instruction
- 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
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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
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Preheat the oven to 200C/400F/Gas 6 (180C fan)
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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
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For the filing, spread the base of the flan generously with raspberry jam
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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 almonds
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Bake for about 35 minutes
- If the almonds seem to be browning too quickly, cover the tart loosely with foil to prevent them burning