CHERRY & ALMOND TARTS

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These mini bakewell bites combine pastry and cake are designed for making in batches and cooking from frozen

Provided by Sarah Cook

Categories     Afternoon tea, Dessert

Time 55m

Number Of Ingredients 22

375g pack all-butter puff pastry
75g self-raising flour , plus extra for dusting
12 rounded tsp morello cherry jam
75g plain sponge or madeira cake
100g butter , softened
75g ground almond
75g golden caster sugar
2 medium eggs
½ tsp almond extract
25g flaked almond
100g icing sugar , sieved to decorate
375g pack all-butter puff pastry
75g self-raising flour , plus extra for dusting
12 rounded tsp morello cherry jam
75g plain sponge or madeira cake
100g butter , softened
75g ground almond
75g golden caster sugar
2 medium eggs
½ tsp almond extract
25g flaked almond
100g icing sugar , sieved to decorate

Steps:

  • Very thinly roll out the pastry on a lightly floured surface. Stamp out 12 x 9cm circles with a fluted cutter, if you have one, and use to line a bun tin. Spread 1 rounded tsp of the cherry jam in the bottom of each tart.
  • Whizz the cake to crumbs in a food processor, then tip into a mixing bowl and add the flour, butter, ground almonds, caster sugar, eggs and almond extract. Beat together until smooth, then divide between the tarts, spreading a little with the back of a teaspoon to cover the jam. Scatter over the flaked almonds and openfreeze for 2 hrs, then wrap well in cling film and freeze for up to 2 months.
  • Heat oven to 180C/160C fan/gas 4 with a baking sheet in it. Unwrap the tarts from the freezer and loosely top with a sheet of foil. Bake on the heated baking sheet for 30-40 mins until golden, removing the foil halfway. Cool the tarts a little, then add a splash of water into the icing sugar to make a runny icing. Drizzle over the tarts and leave to set.
  • Very thinly roll out the pastry on a lightly floured surface. Stamp out 12 x 9cm circles with a fluted cutter, if you have one, and use to line a bun tin. Spread 1 rounded tsp of the cherry jam in the bottom of each tart.
  • Whizz the cake to crumbs in a food processor, then tip into a mixing bowl and add the flour, butter, ground almonds, caster sugar, eggs and almond extract. Beat together until smooth, then divide between the tarts, spreading a little with the back of a teaspoon to cover the jam. Scatter over the flaked almonds and openfreeze for 2 hrs, then wrap well in cling film and freeze for up to 2 months.
  • Heat oven to 180C/160C fan/gas 4 with a baking sheet in it. Unwrap the tarts from the freezer and loosely top with a sheet of foil. Bake on the heated baking sheet for 30-40 mins until golden, removing the foil halfway. Cool the tarts a little, then add a splash of water into the icing sugar to make a runny icing. Drizzle over the tarts and leave to set.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 362 calories, Fat 20 grams fat, SaturatedFat 9 grams saturated fat, Carbohydrate 39 grams carbohydrates, Sugar 23 grams sugar, Fiber 1 grams fiber, Protein 6 grams protein, Sodium 0.5 milligram of sodium

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