Mini Bakewell Tarts Recipes

MINI BAKEWELL TARTS

Steps:

• To make the pastry, crumb the flour, butter and sugar with your hands until the mixture resembles breadcrumbs OR throw the ingredients into a food processor until the same result is achieved.
• Add the eggs and mix until the dough comes together but be careful not to over work the pastry or it will become tough. Flatten into a disc, and make about 2-3 dozen mini pies in a muffin tin. Heat the oven to 180C/fan 160C/gas 4.
• Put a teaspoon of rassberry jam into the bottom of each tart. Beat the eggs. Cream together the butter and sugar. Then gradually add the beaten eggs and egg yolk. Fold in the ground almonds and lemon zest*.
• Carefully spoon the mixture over the jam. Bake for 20 mins and sprinkle with flaked almonds* and bake for a further 10 - 15 mins or until golden brown and set. Cool to room temperature, dust with icing sugar and serve with pouring cream or custard. * - optional
• They keep well in an airtight container for almost a week but that shouldn't be an issue.

BAKEWELL TARTS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 450 degrees F (230 degrees C). Arrange tart shells on a baking sheet.
• Bake in the preheated oven for 6 minutes. Remove shells from oven and cool. Reduce oven temperature to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
• Spoon 1 teaspoon raspberry jam into the bottom of each tart shell.
• Beat butter and white sugar together in a bowl with an electric mixer until smooth and creamy. Add flour, egg, baking powder, and almond extract and mix well. Spoon 1 tablespoon butter mixture on top of raspberry jam layer.
• Bake tarts in the preheated oven until filling is bubbling, 25 to 30 minutes.
• Stir confectioners' sugar and water together in a bowl until icing is smooth; drizzle over warm tarts.

MINI BAKEWELL TARTS

Steps:

• Roll the pastry to the thickness of a 20p coin and use it to line 12 small tart tins. Trim level with the top of the tin and chill.
• For the frangipane, beat the butter and sugar together until light and fluffy, beat in the eggs, lemon and vanilla a little at a time. Fold in the almonds and flour in one go.
• Heat the oven to 180c/fan 160c/gas 4. Spread 1 tsp raspberry jam in each base, then fill with frangipane to the top of the pastry and level off. Scatter or arrange flaked almonds over half of each tart. Bake for 25-30 minutes or until the tops are golden and springy. Leave to cool in the tin.
• While the tarts are still warm, brush the almond-covered halves with a little apricot jam. Mix 4 tbsp icing sugar with enough water to make a spreadable icing and add enough colour to make it pale pink. Ice the non-almond halves and leave to set.