Crostata di Cugna

“The Italian equivalent of English tea at 4 or 5 o’clock in the afternoon is the merenda, when most children eat a slice of what every Italian mother can make – jam tart. It is usually filled with a good homemade jam such as peach, apricot cherry or prune. It can also be made with fresh or cooked fruit on a blind-baked shortcrust pastry base.”