Tart of Mixed Winter Fruits

Ingredients

• 4, lb. prunes
• 4, pint water
• 1 lb. cranberries
• 1 lb. apples
• 4 oz. sugar
• Cakeoma cinnamon _ short-crust pastry (half quantities given on page 25, with 4 teaspoon ground cinnamon)
• Caster sugar and cream to serve

Method

1. 1

   Wash the prunes and soak them in the water (overnight if possible).

2. 2

   Pick over the cranberries, and core, peel and slice the apples.

3. 3

   Put the fruit and water into a saucepan, cover, and stew for about 4 hours.

4. 4

   Add the sugar, and continue stewing until the fruit is tender.

5. 5

   Remove the prune stones and pour the fruit into a deep pie plate, straining off a little of the juice if necessary.

6. 6

   Make the pastry, adding the cinnamon to the flour, roll out, and cover the fruit.

7. 7

   Bake in a moderately hot oven (400° F.) for about 20-30 minutes.

8. 8

   Dust with caster sugar, and serve hot or cold, with cream.

Nutrition per serving

As published

This recipe was extracted from The new Cakeoma recipe book (1950) by Latham & Company Limited, page 15. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

TART OF MIXED WINTER FRUITS 4, lb. prunes 4, pint water 1 lb. cranberries 1 lb. apples 4 oz. sugar Cakeoma cinnamon _ short- crust pastry (half quantities given on page 25, with 4 tea- spoon ground cinnamon) Caster sugar and cream to serve

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