STICKY TOFFEE TARTS

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This twist on classic sticky toffee pudding is ideal for a different dinner party dessert

Provided by Sarah Cook

Categories     Afternoon tea, Dessert

Time 1h45m

Yield Makes 6

Number Of Ingredients 19

200g butter , chopped into cubes
225g plain flour , plus extra for dusting
100g light muscovado sugar
1 tsp vanilla extract
1 large egg yolk
200g light muscovado sugar
50g butter
250ml double cream
250g date , roughly chopped
200ml milk
50g butter , softened
1 tsp vanilla extract
100g plain flour
1 tsp bicarbonate of soda
50g ground almond
2 large eggs
100g light muscovado sugar
2 tbsp treacle
vanilla ice cream , to serve

Steps:

  • For the filling, put the chopped dates and milk in a pan. Bring to the boil, then set aside for 30 mins.
  • To make the pastry, put the butter and flour in a food processor and whizz to fine crumbs. Pulse in the sugar. Mix the vanilla and egg yolk with 1 tbsp water, then dribble in while whizzing, to bring the pastry together. If it doesn't come together, whizz in a trickle more water.
  • Roll out the pastry on a lightly floured surface to line 6 individual deep tart tins with an overhang. Prick the bottoms and chill for 20 mins.
  • To make the sauce, melt all the ingredients together, then bubble for 2-5 mins until saucy. Cool.
  • Heat oven to 200C/180C/fan 6. Line each tart case with crumpled baking parchment, add some baking beans and blind-bake for 15 mins. Remove paper and beans, and bake for 5 mins more until biscuity. Trim the pastry edges.
  • Spoon 1 tbsp of the sauce into each tart case. Mash the reserved date mixture with a potato masher, then tip into a bowl with the softened butter, vanilla, flour, bicarb, almonds, eggs, sugar and treacle. Whisk together with an electric whisk until just combined, then divide between tart cases.
  • Reduce oven to 160C/140C fan/gas 3 and bake for 15 mins. Cool a little before turning out. Serve tarts warm topped with scoops of vanilla ice cream and drizzled with sticky toffee sauce.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 1256 calories, Fat 72 grams fat, SaturatedFat 42 grams saturated fat, Carbohydrate 137 grams carbohydrates, Sugar 101 grams sugar, Fiber 4 grams fiber, Protein 14 grams protein, Sodium 1.3 milligram of sodium

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