Thursday 7 September 2017






JAM TART

250 gram flour
125 gram butter
125 grams caster sugar
1 egg

400 grams jam of choice

icing sugar to dust


preheat oven to 180 c. grease sides and line bottom of 24 cm. springform tin.


mix the flour and sugar. add the butter and rub in until

resembling breadcrumbs

add the egg and knead into a dough.  wrap in plastic wrap and refrigerate 1/2 hour.

press 2/3 of the dough into the tin and a lttle up the sides.

lightly scrape a fork across the the dough on bottom of tin.

spread the jam across the dough.

decorate the top of the tart with the rest of the dough. you can divide the dough into 14 equal pieces and roll into sausages long enough to reach each side of the tin and make a lattice or roll the dough out to about 2 mm and cut out shapes with a cookie cutter.

cook 180 for 35 - 40 minutes until golden.

place on wire rack and cool in tin.

dust with icing sugar to serve.



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