Bakewell tart

Bakewell tart

Area: British

Category: Dessert

Ingredients

IngredientsMeasure
plain flour175g/6oz
chilled butter75g/2½oz
cold water2-3 tbsp
raspberry jam1 tbsp
butter125g/4½oz
caster sugar125g/4½oz
ground almonds125g/4½oz
free-range egg, beaten1
almond extract½ tsp
flaked almonds50g/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
  • 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 almonds
  • Bake for about 35 minutes
  • If the almonds seem to be browning too quickly, cover the tart loosely with foil to prevent them burning