Friday 18 January 2019

Foodie Friday – Border Tart





Border Tart was completely new to me. It’s a Scottish dish – the Border presumably being with England.  Does anyone know its history??


Recipe for border tart

Ingredients:
Pastry (Short Crust)

Filling:
2oz butter
2ozcaster sugar
2oz currants
1 egg
1oz ground almonds
1 tbsp of marmalade
a few drops of almond essence

Icing:
3oz icing sugar
2tbsp lemon juice

How to make it:
Mix all the filling ingredients together. Line a plate with pastry, cover with the filling and cook in a moderately hot oven for 15 mins, then reduce heat for 15 mins. Take out of the oven and mix up the icing. Ice the top of cake whilst warm.

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