Bakewell tart is a traditional English dessert that is made with a shortcrust pastry shell, a layer of raspberry jam, and a frangipane filling. The frangipane filling is made with ground almonds, butter, sugar, and eggs. It is flavored with almond extract and sometimes other spices, such as cinnamon or nutmeg. Bakewell tarts are typically baked in a round or square tart pan and are served warm or at room temperature.
This article provides two recipes for Bakewell tarts: a classic recipe and a gluten-free recipe that uses rice flour instead of wheat flour. The classic recipe uses a traditional shortcrust pastry dough, while the gluten-free recipe uses a gluten-free flour blend. Both recipes use the same frangipane filling and are topped with flaked almonds before baking. The recipes also include step-by-step instructions and helpful tips for making the tarts.
Whether you are looking for a classic Bakewell tart recipe or a gluten-free alternative, this article has you covered. With its detailed instructions and helpful tips, you can easily make this delicious and iconic English dessert at home.
GRANDMA'S BAKEWELL TART
I recently came across my maternal Grandma's recipe book, printed in 1933. In it, I came across a piece of paper, placed between two pages, containing her version of Bakewell tart. I have not changed the recipe and it makes a delicious tart, which I remember her making for Sunday afternoon tea. The tart does not have to be blind baked first before adding the filler. I apologize for the poor photo but the family started tucking into the tart before I could photograph it. Serve with cream, ice cream, or custard. It will bring a smile to your face.
Provided by DorsetJammer
Categories World Cuisine Recipes European UK and Ireland English
Time 2h25m
Yield 8
Number Of Ingredients 13
Steps:
- Combine all-purpose flour and 9 tablespoons butter in the bowl of a food processor; pulse until they resemble bread crumbs. Add water and salt. Mix, adding 1 teaspoon water at a time as needed, until a dough forms that's not too wet and sticky. Shape into a ball, wrap in plastic wrap, and refrigerate for 30 minutes.
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Grease a 7-inch loose-bottomed tart pan.
- Combine 7 tablespoons butter and sugar in a large bowl; beat with an electric mixer until smooth and creamy. Add self-rising flour, eggs, ground almonds, milk, and almond extract and mix well.
- Roll dough into a thin round on a lightly floured work surface. Press around the rim of the tart pan and trim off excess dough. Cover dough with raspberry jam. Spoon in almond filling and smooth out top with the back of a spoon. Sprinkle sliced almonds over the top.
- Bake in the preheated oven until top of the tart is a nice golden brown, 25 to 30 minutes. Remove from oven and place on a cooling rack to cool, about 1 hour. Remove pan when tart is cool and place on a serving plate.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 474.8 calories, Carbohydrate 48.7 g, Cholesterol 107.9 mg, Fat 28.4 g, Fiber 1.8 g, Protein 7.5 g, SaturatedFat 15.4 g, Sodium 190.9 mg, Sugar 17.6 g
BAKEWELL TART
Who doesn't love a bakewell tart packed with raspberries and almonds? Serve the classic English dessert with a dollop of cream or warm custard
Provided by Esther Clark
Categories Afternoon tea, Dessert, Treat
Time 1h20m
Number Of Ingredients 14
Steps:
- Heat the oven to 200C/180C fan/gas 6. To make the pastry, put the flour in a food processor along with the salt and icing sugar. Blitz to combine. Add the butter and pulse in short bursts until it's the texture of fine breadcrumbs. Mix 4 tbsp cold water with the beaten eggs and drizzle into the mixture, then quickly pulse to combine. Tip out the crumbly mixture onto a work surface, then form into a puck, cover and chill for 30 mins.
- Roll the pastry out on a lightly floured surface to around 25cm, and to the thickness of a £1 coin. Line a 20cm fluted tart tin with the pastry, leaving the pastry to overhang. Add a large disc of baking parchment big enough to cover the edges, and some baking beans to weigh it down (use dried rice or lentils if you don't have baking beans). Bake for 15 mins, then remove the parchment and beans and bake for a further 7-10 mins or until the bottom is evenly cooked. Trim off any overhanging pastry with a serrated knife.
- For the filling, beat the butter and sugar until combined. Add the ground almonds, almond extract and eggs and beat for a further minute. Spread the jam over the pastry, then top with the almond filling. Scatter over the flaked almonds and bake for 25-30 mins until golden and firm. Leave to cool in the tin (or eat warm at this stage and leave out step 4).
- Mix together the icing sugar and 1-2 tsp water and drizzle over the tart. Slice and serve with cream or custard, if you like.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 572 calories, Fat 35 grams fat, SaturatedFat 17 grams saturated fat, Carbohydrate 55 grams carbohydrates, Sugar 31 grams sugar, Fiber 1 grams fiber, Protein 9 grams protein, Sodium 0.77 milligram of sodium
TRADITIONAL BAKEWELL TART
A Bakewell tart is a traditional English baked dessert tart. It consists of a shortcrust pastry shell, spread with jam under a layer of frangipane, which is a sponge cake-like filling enriched with ground almonds.
Provided by Trishie
Categories Desserts Pies Tarts
Time 1h10m
Yield 8
Number Of Ingredients 10
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Grease an 8 inch pie plate. Whisk together the flour, ground almonds, and baking powder; set aside.
- Roll the pie crust pastry into a round shape a little larger than the pie plate. Cut off a 1/2-inch wide strip from the edge of the pastry circle, and line the lower sides of the pie plate with the strip, placing the cut side upwards (the pastry will not reach the rim of the pie plate). Dampen the strip with water, then place the remaining pie pastry circle into the pie plate, pressing to seal the edges of the circle onto the strip where the pastry overlaps. This will create a crust that is slightly thicker around the lower edges. Spread the strawberry jam evenly over the center of the pastry shell.
- Beat the butter and sugar with an electric mixer in a bowl until light and fluffy. Whisk the egg together with the lemon zest, and add gradually to the butter mixture, beating well after each addition. Gently fold the flour mixture, a spoonful at a time, into the egg mixture, folding until just incorporated. Spread the batter over the jam in the pie shell.
- Bake the tart in the preheated oven until the filling is firmly set and browned, about 30 minutes. Sprinkle with confectioner's sugar.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 212.3 calories, Carbohydrate 21.9 g, Cholesterol 38.5 mg, Fat 12.8 g, Fiber 1.1 g, Protein 3.2 g, SaturatedFat 5.1 g, Sodium 133.5 mg, Sugar 9.8 g
STEPHANIE JOHNSTON'S BAKEWELL TART
A classic British bakewell tart is a threesome: a crust; a layer of raspberry jam - one chockfull of seeds; and a sponge cake redolent of almonds. Sliced almonds and a drizzle of icing may or may not be optional, depending on whose recipe you're using. I got my first taste of a bakewell, and this recipe, in Paris from my friend, Stephanie Johnston, who got it from her mom, Granny Annie, in England. Granny never used almonds or icing but occasionally swapped her homemade raspberry jam for red currant jelly or lemon curd. When I asked what made a good bakewell, Steph instructed, "The crust, the jam and the almond cake." Well, of course. That settled, Stephanie confessed to using Bonne Maman jam from the supermarket. As for the crust, both Steph and her mom make a plain, all-butter crust, think pâte brisée or pie dough. We polished off Steph's tart in one go after dinner, but had we shown more discipline, it would have kept at room temperature for three more days.
Provided by Dorie Greenspan
Categories cakes, dessert
Time 1h45m
Yield 8 servings
Number Of Ingredients 13
Steps:
- Center a rack in the oven, and preheat it to 400. Prick the crust all over with a fork, cover with buttered foil and fill with dried rice or beans. Place on a baking sheet, and bake for 15 minutes. Remove the foil and weights, and bake for 3 minutes more, until lightly colored. Set aside to cool.
- To make the filling: Reduce the oven temperature to 350. Whisk the almond flour, all-purpose flour, baking powder and sea salt together. Working with a mixer, beat the butter and sugar together on medium speed for 3 minutes, until pale and creamy. Gradually beat in the eggs, scraping the bowl as needed. The mixture may curdle - it's O.K. Beat in the almond extract. Reduce the mixer speed to low, and add half of the dry mixture. When incorporated, add the rest, and beat only until it disappears into the batter. Finish blending with a spatula.
- Spread the jam in the crust, and top with the filling, covering the jam as completely as you can. (The filling doesn't spread easily, but imperfections work out in the end.) If you'd like, sprinkle with sliced almonds.
- Bake the tart for 40 to 50 minutes, or until the top feels firm and is puffed all the way to the center. (Check the tart after about 25 minutes, and if it is browning quickly, tent it loosely with foil.) Transfer to a rack, and let it cool before icing, if you'd like, and serving.
- To make the icing: Stir the sugar and 1/2 tablespoon water together. If the icing doesn't run off the spoon slowly and steadily, add more water drop by drop. Drizzle over the tart, and let it dry at room temperature.
Nutrition Facts : @context http, Calories 444, UnsaturatedFat 4 grams, Carbohydrate 60 grams, Fat 21 grams, Fiber 2 grams, Protein 6 grams, SaturatedFat 8 grams, Sodium 116 milligrams, Sugar 42 grams, TransFat 0 grams
BAKEWELL TART
A traditional English sweet tart which originates from Bakewell in Derbyshire. Taken from Olive magazine.
Provided by Lou van
Categories Tarts
Time 1h30m
Yield 8 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 13
Steps:
- 1.To make the pastry, tip the flour, butter and sugar into a food processor with a pinch of salt. Whizz until the mixture resembles breadcrumbs. Add the egg yolk and 1 tsp of cold water and pulse until the dough comes together. Flatten into a disc, cover with clingfilm and chill for no more than 1 hour. n Roll out the pastry on a lightly floured surface to about 3mm thickness. Line a 20cm fluted tart tin with a depth of 31/2 cm. Prick the base with a fork and chill for 20 minutes. Heat the oven to 180C/fan 160C/gas 4.
- 2.Line the pastry case with baking parchment and fill with baking beans. Cook for about 20 minutes until the pastry is a pale golden colour. Take out the beans, brush the inside of the pastry case with a little egg white and cook for a further 2 minutes. Cool slightly.
- 3.Spread the jam in an even layer over the base of the pastry case. Cream together the butter and caster sugar. Gradually add the beaten eggs and egg yolk. Fold in the ground almonds and lemon zest. Carefully spoon the mixture over the jam and spread level. Bake for 20 minutes. Scatter with the flaked almonds and continue to cook for a further 15-20 minutes until golden and set.
- 4.Cool to room temperature, dust with icing sugar and serve with pouring cream or custard.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 528.6, Fat 35.8, SaturatedFat 16.2, Cholesterol 187, Sodium 40.6, Carbohydrate 45.8, Fiber 3.5, Sugar 25.5, Protein 10
RICE FLOUR TARTS
Make and share this Rice Flour Tarts recipe from Food.com.
Provided by Margaret Foget
Categories Tarts
Time 40m
Yield 1 dozen
Number Of Ingredients 6
Steps:
- Line small cupcake pans with rounds of uncooked rich pastry. Put 1/2 tsp of raspberry jam in each.
- Cream butter and sugar and add eggs. Blend in flour, almond extract and salt.
- Top each tart with this mixture and bake at 375 for about 25 minutes.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 1942.3, Fat 108.5, SaturatedFat 63.4, Cholesterol 878.5, Sodium 1019, Carbohydrate 219.3, Fiber 2.5, Sugar 134.9, Protein 26.1
BAKEWELL TARTS
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 450 degrees F (230 degrees C). Arrange tart shells on a baking sheet.
- Bake in the preheated oven for 6 minutes. Remove shells from oven and cool. Reduce oven temperature to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
- Spoon 1 teaspoon raspberry jam into the bottom of each tart shell.
- Beat butter and white sugar together in a bowl with an electric mixer until smooth and creamy. Add flour, egg, baking powder, and almond extract and mix well. Spoon 1 tablespoon butter mixture on top of raspberry jam layer.
- Bake tarts in the preheated oven until filling is bubbling, 25 to 30 minutes.
- Stir confectioners' sugar and water together in a bowl until icing is smooth; drizzle over warm tarts.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 234.6 calories, Carbohydrate 32.7 g, Cholesterol 25.9 mg, Fat 10.7 g, Fiber 0.1 g, Protein 2.3 g, SaturatedFat 4.1 g, Sodium 166.1 mg, Sugar 15.5 g
Tips:
- To achieve the perfect texture for your pastry, make sure the butter is cold and cubed. This will help prevent the pastry from becoming greasy.
- If you find that the pastry is too dry, add a little more water one tablespoon at a time until it comes together.
- When rolling out the pastry, use a light touch and avoid overworking it. This will help prevent the pastry from becoming tough.
- Be sure to prick the bottom of the pastry shell with a fork before baking. This will help prevent it from puffing up.
- For a golden brown crust, brush the top of the pastry with milk before baking.
- Allow the tart to cool completely before slicing and serving. This will help prevent the filling from becoming runny.
Conclusion:
This Bakewell tart is a delicious and easy-to-make dessert that is perfect for any occasion. The combination of the sweet and tangy jam, the creamy frangipane filling, and the flaky pastry is sure to please everyone. Whether you are a beginner baker or a seasoned pro, this recipe is sure to become a favorite.
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