Apple and Lemon Bakewell Tart

Recipe  

This tasty tart makes the perfect treat.

Serves: 4 people   |   Prep time: 15 minutes   |   Cooking time: 45 minutes

British   |   Dessert   |   Vegetarian

  

Ingredients

  • 1 x 375g pack Greenvale ready rolled shortcrust pastry
  • 1 x large Cooking apple - about 320g
  • 20ml The Pantry lemon juice
  • 25g Greenvale unsalted butter
  • 100g Grandessa Raspberry jam
  • 65g Ground almonds
  • 65g The Pantry Self Raising Flour
  • 130g Perfect for Baking spread
  • 125g The Pantry caster sugar
  • 2 x Large eggs
  • 15ml Amaretto
  • 10g The Pantry flaked almonds
  • Giannis Cornish Ice Cream

  

Method

  1. Preheat the oven to 180°C/350°F/Gas Mark 4.
  2. Use the pastry to line a 20cm loose base flan tin.
  3. Spread the jam over the base of the pastry.
  4. Peel and core the apple, chop into small pieces, put into a small saucepan with the lemon juice and butter, and cook on a low heat, until the butter has melted and the apple is slightly cooked - about 3 mins.
  5. Put the apple mixture on top of the jam in the pastry case.
  6. Then put the flour, eggs, spread, caster sugar, amaretto and ground almonds into a food processor and mix well.
  7. Pour this mixture over the apples, sprinkle over the flaked almonds and bake in the oven for 35/40 mins - till golden brown and firm to the touch.
  8. Serve warm or cold with ice cream.