Greek Jam Tart

Pasta Flora

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Preparation info
  • Serves

    8

    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
Egypt: Recipes and stories from an ancient land

By Suzanne Zeidy and Rawah Badrawi

Published 2026

  • About

Named in both Greek and Italian, pasta flora or pasta frolla, this tart tells the story of Alexandria’s European heritage.

Ingredients

  • 500 g (1 lb 2 oz/ cups) plain (all-purpose) flour

Method

Combine the flour, sugar, bicarbonate of soda (baking soda) and salt in a food processor.

Add the chilled, diced butter and pulse until the mixture becomes crumbly and the butter is rubbed into the flour. Add the eggs, one at a time, and pulse between each addition until the dough starts to come together. Tip the mixture into a large bowl and use your hands to bring the dough together i