Banana Tartlets

Ingredients

• 3 lb. flour.
• 4 oz. butler.
• I teaspoonful of baking powder.
• 4 bananas.
• Little sugar (castor).
• The juice of 2 oranges or lemons.

Method

1. 1

   Make a good short crust with 3 lb. flour, 4 ozs. of butter, 1 teaspoonful baking powder.

2. 2

   Rub the butter lightly into the flour, add the baking powder, and mix to a very dry dough with water.

3. 3

   Roll out and line a tartlet tin or a plate.

4. 4

   Decorate the edge with leaves.

5. 5

   Cut 4 bananas across, rather thin slices.

6. 6

   Lay these in the tartlet layer upon layer, shaking a little castor sugar over when all are in.

7. 7

   Squeeze over the juice of 2 oranges (or one large one).

8. 8

   Bake in a moderate oven for about 20 minutes.

9. 9

   The white of an egg or a little whipped cream on the top may be an improvement.

Nutrition per serving

As published

This recipe was extracted from The St. Mungo cookery book (1904) by Jean Lambie, page 30. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

BANANA TARTLETS. 3 lb. flour. 4 oz. butler. I teaspoonful of baking powder. The white of 4 bananas. Little sugar (castor). The juice of 2 oranges or lemons

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