Sunday 11 September 2011

Home made Jam Tarts



350g frozen raspberries
300g jam sugar
Juice of lime
150g plain flour
75g icing sugar
75g butter, chilled and diced
1 egg yolk, beaten
Method:
·         Place the raspberries, jam sugar and lime juice in a pan and heat over a medium heat until the sugar has dissolved and the mixture has jammy consistency
·         Pour into sterilised jars and leave to cool
·         Sift the flour and icing sugar into a bowl. Rub in the butter with your fingers to form crumbs
·         Whisk the egg with 1 tablespoon water and add to the bowl. Mix to a dough. Chill for 30 minutes.
·         Grease 12 mini tart tins. Roll out the pastry on a floured surface and cut out rounds to line the tins. Chill for 30 minutes. Preheat the oven to 200 C. Add a teaspoon jam to each tart then bake for 5-10 minutes until golden. Allow to cool.

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