Strawberry Cream Boats

Ingredients

• 8 oz. flour
• 6 oz. butter
• 14 oz. ground almonds
• 4 oz. sugar
• Yolk of egg for mixing
• Whipped cream and strawberries

Method

1. 1

   Rub the butter into the flour.

2. 2

   Add the ground almonds and sugar, mix to a soft dough with the egg yolk.

3. 3

   Roll out the dough thinly and line several boat-shaped tins.

4. 4

   Fill with beans or peas to prevent the pastry rising during cooking.

5. 5

   Bake in a quick oven until pale brown in colour.

6. 6

   After baking allow the pastry case to cool before removing from the tins.

7. 7

   Then fill the pastry with sweetened whipped cream and top with strawberries.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Good Housekeeping summer cookery book (1932) by Good Housekeeping Institute (Great Britain), page 11. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

STRAWBERRY CREAM Boats ' 8 oz. flour Yolk of egg for mixing ». 6 oz. butter Whipped cream and _ 14 oz. ground almonds strawberries ae) 4 oz. sugar

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