Jam Tarts Recipe

Jam Tarts Recipe

Ingredients:  Makes 10-12 pieces  (Preheat oven to 180°C)

2 cups plain (all-purpose) flour

2 tablespoons sugar

a pinch of salt

125g butter, chopped

1 egg yolk, beaten

Iced water

1 cup jam

1 tablespoon heavy cream, mixed with 1 egg yolk

Icing sugar, to dust

 

Method:

Lightly butter tartlet tins.  In a mixing bowl, combine flour, sugar and salt.  Mix well.  Add butter and egg yolk and rub all ingredients together until it resembles coarse breadcrumbs.  Gradually add enough iced water to form a soft dough.  Knead lightly.  Wrap in cling film and set aside in the fridge for 30 minutes before rolling.  Lightly flour a working surface and roll dough out until about 3mm thick.  Using a round cookie cutter, cut out dough and press into tartlet tins.  Spoon 1½-2 teaspoons jam into each tin and decorate tops with cutouts of dough.  Lightly brush dough with heavy cream mixture.  Bake in preheated oven for 20-25 minutes.  Transfer tartlets to wire rack to cool.  When cool to touch, remove tartlets from tins and dust with icing sugar.

 

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