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Bakewell Tart

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Bakewell Tart

Takes a bit of effort, but the results are really worth it.
Course Dessert

Ingredients

  • 0.5 Jamie’s Sweet Pastry see other recipe
  • 220 g Butter
  • 250 g Caster Sugar
  • 4 Egg
  • 220 g Ground Almonds
  • 50 g Plain flour
  • 1 tsp Baking Powder
  • 1 Lemon
  • 300 g Raspberries

Instructions

  • Follow the recipe to make Jamie’s sweet pastry and make sure you let it rest in the fridge.
  • Preheat the oven to 190C (170C fan)/gas mark 5. Grease a 30 cm tart tin, Roll out the pastry and put into tin. Line the pastry with baking paper and then baking beans.
  • Blind bake for 15 minutes, remove from oven; remove beans and paper and then bake for a further 5 minutes.
  • Zest the lemon, and reserve the zest.

Make the Compote

  • Add the raspberries, the juice of a lemon and 35 grams of caster sugar to a small pan. Cover and simmer gently for 5 minutes. Remove the lid and simmer for a further 10 minutes.

Make the Frangipane

  • Cream together the 220 g butter and 220 g of caster sugar until fluffy, then beat in the four eggs. Fold in the lemon zest, 220 g of ground almonds, 50 g of plain flour and the teaspoon of baking powder.

Making the Tart

  • Spread the Compote over the base of the tart; Use a piping bag with a large nozzle to pipe in the frangipane.
  • Bake for 25 minutes then reduce the oven temperature to 160, and bake for a further 15 minutes or until a skewer comes out clean.
  • You can add flaked almonds to the top for the last 10 minutes of baking.