Mango Tart

Name: Mango Tart
Prep time: 40 min
Total time: 40 min
Yield: Serves 6
Cuisine: Jamaica
Ingredients: 60 g/2 oz unsalted butter; 150 g/5 oz caster sugar; 225 g/8 oz frozen puff pastry, defrosted; flour for rolling out; 4 mangoes, peeled and sliced

Preparation info

Serves
6

Difficulty
Easy
Ready in
40 min

Appears in

Eat Caribbean

By Virginia Burke

Published 2005

About

This delicious tart is deceptively easy to make. However, you will need a frying pan with a steel handle rather than plastic, so it can be put in the oven. I have used frozen puff pastry here, which makes an excellent substitute for home-made puff pastry and speeds up the preparation process considerably.

Ingredients

4 mangoes, peeled and sliced
60 g/2 oz unsalted butter

Americas
Jamaica
Dessert
Vegetarian
Pie
Caribbean

Method

Place the mango slices in a colander to drain for 30 minutes.
Preheat the oven to 200°C/400°F/Gas Mark 6.
Melt the butter in a 20 cm/8-inch frying pan. Add the sugar and allow to melt slowly, without stirring, over medium heat. Tip the pan fr