Treacle Tart

By lpsatchell

This British short crust tart gets a little spice in my version, helping to offset the heavy syrupy-filling.

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Simple Coffee cake

Easiest Shortbread Recipe EVER.

Ingredients

-Pastry-
240g Plain Flour
120g Butter
2 Eggs
20g Sugar
-Filling-
400g Golden Syrup
2 Tablespoons cinnamon
4 Tablespoons mixed spice
2 splashes of lemon juice
200g dry breadcrumbs/crustless blended lightly-toasted toast

Details

servings 8
Level of difficulty Average
Preparation time 20mins
Cooking time 15mins
Cost Average budget

Preparation

Step 1

-Pastry-
Stir together flour and sugar to prepare Dry ingredients. Mix Eggs and butter, until butter is softened to make Wet ingredients
Mix Dry and Wet ingredients until mixture forms a dry dough. If possible, refrigerate dough to give time for butter to firm up.
Grease/line a 30cm circular tray with greaseproof paper.
Roll out pastry into a large circle until it is around 1 cm thick.
Put pastry in tin and trim edges until it fits
Blind bake for 10 minutes at Gas Mark 5/180 degrees, with baking beans or weights in the tart if possible.

Step 2

-Filling-
Heat syrup in a saucepan until syrup flows easier.
Add in other ingredients and slowly stir.
Leave for 10 minutes on the heat.
Add to tart whilst still hot and return to oven for 5 minutes