Name: Bakewell tart
Yield: 8 servings
Cuisine: British
Ingredients: 175g/6oz plain flour; 75g/2½oz chilled butter; 2-3 tbsp cold water; 1 tbsp raspberry jam; 125g/4½oz butter; 125g/4½oz caster sugar; 125g/4½oz ground almonds; 1 free-range egg, beaten; ½ tsp almond extract; 50g/1¾oz flaked almonds

Dessert

8 servings

461 cal/serving

Instructions

Step 1

Measure flour into a bowl and rub in chilled butter with fingertips until mixture resembles fine breadcrumbs

Plain flourChilled butter

Step 2

Add cold water and mix to form a soft dough

Cold water

Step 3

Roll out dough on a lightly floured surface and line a 20cm flan tin, then chill for 30 minutes

Plain flour

Step 4

Preheat oven to 400°F.

Step 5

Line pastry case with foil and baking beans and bake blind for about 15 minutes, then remove beans and foil and bake a further 5 minutes to dry the base

Step 6

Spread raspberry jam over the base of the flan

Raspberry jam

Step 7

Melt butter in a pan, remove from heat and stir in caster sugar

ButterCaster sugar

Step 8

Stir in ground almonds, beaten egg and almond extract

Ground almondsFree-range egg, beatenAlmond extract

Step 9

Pour filling into the flan shell and sprinkle with flaked almonds

Flaked almonds

Step 10

Bake about 35 minutes, covering loosely with foil if almonds brown too quickly