Bakewell Tarts

Ingredients

• Make 3 lb. good short pastry (see pies)
• 4 tablespoons currants
• Small piece candied peel
• 4 tablespoons sugar
• 2 tablespoons apricot jam
• 2 oz. butter
• 2 oz. sugar
• 1 egg
• 2 oz. coconut

Method

1. 1

   Put pastry into patty tins.

2. 2

   Make a filling mixture of currants, candied peel, sugar, and apricot jam.

3. 3

   Put a little of this in each patty tin.

4. 4

   Beat together butter, sugar, and egg.

5. 5

   Stir in coconut and pile on tarts.

6. 6

   Bake in moderate oven 20 minutes (400 deg.).

As published

This recipe was extracted from Australian sunshine cookery book for every housewife (1920) by Dried Fruits Industry Throughout Australia. Joint Publicity Committee, Australian Dried Fruits Association, Western Australian Dried Fruits Board, Victorian Dried Fruits Board, New South Wales Dried Fruits Board, South Australian Dried Fruits Board, page 19. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

ake-well Tarts. Make 3 lb. good short pastry (see pies), and put into patty tins. Make a filling mixture of— 4 tablespoons currants. Small piece candied peel. 4 tablespoons sugar. 2 tablespoons apricot jam. Put a little of this in each patty tin. Beat together 2 oz. butter, 2 oz. sugar, 1 egg. Stir in 2 oz. coconut

Cook this with the app: pantry check, scaling, and the assistant.