Bakewell tart

Ingredients

Pastry

1/3 of pastry from Lemon meringue pie

Filling

• 4oz butter/margarine
• 4oz castor sugar
• 1 egg
• 1oz ground almonds
• 3oz self raising flour
• 1/2tsp almond essence
• 1-2tbsp jam, raspberry, strawberry or whatever you like
• Flaked almonds

Equipment

8-inch flan dish

Method

1. Make the pastry as in the method for the Lemon meringue pie.
2. Roll out the pastry and line the bottom of the 8-inch flan tin
3. Spread the jam over the pastry
4. In a sauce pan gently melt the butter, then stir in the sugar cooking for a minute
5. Next take the mixture off the heat and add into it the egg, ground almonds, self raising flour, almond essence and combine.
6. Pour this mixture on top of the jam in the flan dish, then sprinkle with flaked almonds
7. Bake tart for about 30 minutes on 170 deg c fan