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Bakewell tart

Name: Bakewell tart
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 8 servings
Ingredients: 175g/6oz plain flour; 75g/2½oz chilled butter; 2-3 tbsp cold water; 1 tbsp raspberry jam; 125g/4½oz butter; 125g/4½oz caster sugar; 125g/4½oz ground almonds; 1 free-range egg, beaten; ½ tsp almond extract; 50g/1¾oz flaked almonds

By TheMealDB45 min8 servings

Instructions

1
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.
2
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.
3
Preheat the oven to 200C/400F/Gas 6 (180C fan).
4
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.
5
For the filing, spread the base of the flan generously with raspberry jam.
6
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.
7
Bake for about 35 minutes. If the almonds seem to be browning too quickly, cover the tart loosely with foil to prevent them burning.