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When summer is in full swing, this tart makes an economical dessert, picnic or coffee time treat. Apricots are especially good this time of the year and make a great alternative to strawberries.

apricot-tart

Ingredients

Pastry  Base

  • 9” Tart tin
  • 250g plain flour
  • 60g chilled and cubed butter or margarine
  • 60g cubed lard
  • 1 tbsp caster sugar
  • 4 tbsp cold water (approx)

Filling

  • 12 apricots
  • 4 tbsp sugar
  • Juice of half a lemon
  • 2 tbsp warmed apricot jam

Method

Filling

  1. Slice apricots in half and remove stone.
  2. Place in a bowl and sprinkle with 4tbsp sugar.
  3. Squeeze over the lemon juice and put to one side whilst preparing pastry tart.

 

Pastry Base
If you’re feeling lazy you can skip the first few step and buy a pre-cooked tart case instead.

  1. Sieve the flour and add the cubed butter/margarine and lard.
  2. Rub into the flour with fingertips until mixture resembles breadcrumbs.
  3. Mix in caster sugar
  4. Gradually mix in sufficient water until mixture forms lumps and leaves the sides of the bowl cleanly.
  5. Knead dough lightly on a lightly floured table. Wrap in film and leave to rest in refrigerator for 30 mins.
  6. Roll out pastry and line tin.
  7. Bake blind in oven 180C/160Fan/Gas 4. (To bake blind, prick base with a fork an then line pastry with greaseproof paper and weigh down with ceramic beans or uncooked pasta) Bake for 10 minutes. Carefully remove paper and beans.
  8. Using some of the warmed apricot jam, with a pastry brush gently brush the base of the pastry.
  9. Arrange apricots around the tart, and spread any remaining sugar and lemon juice over the top of the apricots. Return to the oven for a further 20 minutes. The pastry should be nutty brown in colour and the apricots soft and slightly caramelised.
  10. Glaze the tart by gently brushing the remaining warmed apricot jam over the top of the apricots.
  11. Serve warm with your choice of clotted cream, crème fraiche or ice cream.
  12. This tart is best eaten warm as once it is cooled, the base has a tendency to become soggy.

 

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