About the Jam Tarts
Whether its a dollop of apricot, cherry or strawberry jam, one thing is for sure that these yummy jam tarts are so simple to make yet deliciously fruity and crumbly. With a quick and easy tart dough, once rolled out into baking tins these tarts are dolloped with a generous spoonful of jam (or lemon curd) and then baked, making this recipe perfect for kids to get sticky fingers helping out with.
Tarts got the key to your heart? Whether you're looking for a traditional Bakewell Tart, the sweet nostalgic taste of a Cornflake Tart, or want to cosy up with some northern comfort food that is the Manchester Tart - we'll have you baking to your tarts content...
Method
Step 1:
Preheat the oven to 180°C (160°C, gas mark 4). Grease a 12 hole tart tin with butter.
Step 2:
To make the pastry, put the flour and salt into a large bowl. Rub the butter into the flour using your fingertips until it looks like coarse breadcrumbs.
Step 3:
Using a knife stir in enough cold water to bind the dough together. Wrap the pastry in cling film and chill in the fridge for fifteen to twenty minutes.
Step 4:
On a lightly floured surface, roll out the pastry to ½ cm thickness. Use a round cutter to cut discs of pastry, slightly larger than the hole in the tin, then press one disc into each hole.
Step 5:
Spoon a heaped teaspoon of strawberry jam or lemon curd into each pastry case. Bake in the oven for ten to fifteen minutes or until golden brown. Remove the tarts from the oven and cool on a wire rack.
Ingredients
- 250g Allinson's Plain White Flour
- 0pinch Salt
- 110g Butter (unsalted, plus extra for greasing)
- 60ml Water (cold)
- Strawberry jam (or lemon curd)
- 250g Allinson's Plain White Flour
Recipe Reviews
it was really good and did not take long to do
i love the feel of the dough
amazing
Really quick and easy to make .tastes nice too
these tarts weren’t good at all in my opinion, I threw them out.
Delicious! Took 30 mins on 180 (fan oven) middle shelf and the family loved them!
Ingredients
- 250g Allinson's Plain White Flour
- 0pinch Salt
- 110g Butter (unsalted, plus extra for greasing)
- 60ml Water (cold)
- Strawberry jam (or lemon curd)
- 250g Allinson's Plain White Flour