Maids of Honour Tarts I
These individual tarts have a raspberry surprise in the bottom. Vanilla essence may be substituted for the almond essence.
Ingredients
Serves: 12
- 2-3 sheets ready prepared frozen short crust pastry, thawed enough to cut
- ¼ cup raspberry jam
- 60g butter, softened
- ¼ cup white sugar
- 1 egg
- ½ cup plain flour
- ¼ teaspoon baking powder
- ¼ teaspoon almond essence
- 2 teaspoons icing sugar for dusting
Directions
Preparation:30min ›
Cook:20min ›
Ready in:50min
- Move oven rack to bottom position and preheat oven to 190 degrees C. Lightly grease 12, 5cm tart pans.
- Cut 12, 8cm circles from the pastry sheets. Fit one pastry circle into each tart pan.
- Spread one teaspoon of raspberry jam into the bottom of each tart shell.
- In a medium mixing bowl, cream together softened butter and white sugar until light and fluffy.
- Mix in egg. Add flour, baking powder, and almond essence. Mix until all ingredients are thoroughly combined. Spoon about 1 tablespoon of mixture into each tart shell.
- Bake in preheated oven for 20 minutes, until risen and firm. Dust tarts with icing sugar.
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I needed to bake something for my son's Elizabethan social studies class project. We found a reference that these tarts were named for the maids of honour of Queen Elizabeth I. These tarts were delicious and a big hit with the kids and teacher in my son's class. I used mini-muffin tins, kept the oven rack at the regular position, and had good results using 10-12 minutes baking time. Also, since I used the mini-muffin tins, I reduced the amount of jam in each tart, probably to about 1/4 teaspoon. Wonderful taste and yummy combination! - 29 Apr 2004 (Review from Allrecipes USA and Canada)
I made these for a church bake sale and they were a fabulous hit! Amazing taste, I used raspberry jam, blueberry jam, and even lemon curd. All versions were just great. - 18 Dec 2006 (Review from Allrecipes USA and Canada)
I made these for christmas, they are delicious and added icing to each tartlet a cherry and angelica to make them look a bit christmassy. - 22 Dec 2011 (Review from Allrecipes UK & Ireland)