St Mungo Tart

Ingredients

• 12 ozs. of flour
• 8 ozs. butter
• 2 ozs. ground almonds
• 1 oz. castor sugar
• A pinch of salt
• A little lemon juice
• 1 oz. butter
• 2 large tablespoon fuls marmalade
• A few drops almond flavouring
• 2 tablespoonfuls moist sugar
• 3 eggs
• 1 oz. ground almonds

Method

1. 1

   Rub butter into flour, add salt, sugar, ground almonds, lemon juice, and enough cold water to make a stiff paste.

2. 2

   Roll out and cover dishes.

3. 3

   Dissolve filling ingredients in a saucepan, add beaten eggs, pour into pastry, and bake for 30-40 minutes.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The St. Mungo cookery book (1904) by Jean Lambie, page 42. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

ST MUNGO TART. 12 ozs. of flour. 8 ozs. butter. 2 ozs. ground almonds. A little cold water. I oz. castor sugar. A pinch of salt. A little lemon juice. Rub the butter very finely into the flour, add the salt, sugar, ground almonds, strained lemon juice, and sufficient cold water to make a stiff paste, knead it very lightly, roll out and cover flat dishes, then fill with the following mixture : — ij Ozs. butter. 2 large tablespoon fuls marmalade. A few drops almond flavouring. 2 tablespoonfuls moist sugar. 3 eggs. I oz. ground almonds

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