Oldbury Tarts

Name: Oldbury Tarts
Yield: Makes about 15 tarts
Cuisine: United Kingdom
Ingredients: 1 cup (240 g) lard; 1¼ cups (120 g) demerara sugar; 2 lb (1 kg) gooseberries; 2 lb (1 kg) flour; 2 sticks (240 g) butter

Preparation info

Makes about
15
tarts

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

English Provincial Cooking

By Elisabeth Ayrton

Published 1980

About

These little gooseberry tarts are famous all over Gloucestershire. Many local people maintain that the edges stand up better if the tarts are made the day before they are baked.

Ingredients

2 lb (1 kg) gooseberries
2 lb (1

Europe
United Kingdom
Engalnd
Dessert

Method

Top, tail and wipe the gooseberries. Put the flour into a bowl and make a well in the middle. Cut the butter and lard in small chunks and put into the well. Pour ⅝ cup (1.5 dl) boiling water quickly over t