Orange Tart

This recipe, found in an Oxford manuscript, dates from about 1780. The tart was supposed to have been a favourite of George III’s queen, Charlotte of Mecklenburg. It is not included in Patrick Lamb’s book, but is very much the kind of dish which he suggests for the third course of a royal dinner. It may well have been served at Blenheim. The original recipe produces a tart about 14 inches in diamet