About the bake
These cream tea strawberry jam tarts are perfect to have with afternoon tea. Serve with whipped cream and a glass of Pimm's to make them a beautifully indulgent afternoon treat. These little tarts look great with their jam filled centres and some piped cream over the top. This recipe makes a batch of 12 and takes just under an hour. We've used shop bought jam for this recipe but if you want to make your own have a look at our Summer Strawberry Jam recipe.
Method
Step 1:
Preheat the oven to 180°C, (fan 160°C, gas mark 4).
Step 2:
To make the pastry – In a mixing bowl, rub the sifted flour, sugar, salt and butter together to form a crumb consistency.
Step 3:
Add the beaten egg and egg yolk and mix to form a dough.
Step 4:
Wrap the dough in clingfilm and refrigerate for 25 minutes or so.
Step 5:
Remove the dough from the refrigerator and knead it on a floured work surface.
Step 6:
Roll out the pastry and cut out 8cm circles.
Step 7:
Put the pastry discs into the tart tin and put a half a tablespoon of strawberry jam in the middle of each.
Step 8:
Bake in the oven for 10-15 minutes until the pastry is crisp and brown.
Step 9:
Whip the cream with a teaspoon of vanilla bean paste and serve with the jam tarts.
Ingredients
For the Pastry
- 225g Allinson's Plain White Flour
- 0pinch Salt
- 150g Butter (unsalted)
- 75g Billington's Unrefined Golden Caster Sugar
- 1 Egg
- 1 Egg yolk
- 225g Allinson's Plain White Flour
For the Filling
- 6 tbsp Strawberry jam
- 300ml Whipping cream
- 1 tsp Nielsen-Massey Vanilla Bean Paste
Utensils
- Tart tin
- Mixing bowl
- Clingfilm
- Rolling pin
- Whisk
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Ingredients
For the Pastry
- 225g Allinson's Plain White Flour
- 0pinch Salt
- 150g Butter (unsalted)
- 75g Billington's Unrefined Golden Caster Sugar
- 1 Egg
- 1 Egg yolk
- 225g Allinson's Plain White Flour
For the Filling
- 6 tbsp Strawberry jam
- 300ml Whipping cream
- 1 tsp Nielsen-Massey Vanilla Bean Paste
Utensils
- Tart tin
- Mixing bowl
- Clingfilm
- Rolling pin
- Whisk