Treacle tart

Name: Treacle tart
Yield: Makes 6-8 Slices
Ingredients: 140 ml double cream; 1 large egg yolk; 20 g caster sugar; 100 g butter, cubed, plus extra to grease the tin; pinch of salt; small mint leaves, to finish; 310 g golden syrup; 1 medium egg; Vanilla syrup, to drizzle (optional); 225 g plain flour, plus extra to dust; 85 g fresh white breadcrumbs; 55 g ground almonds; 4 tbsp fromage frais of Vanilla ice cream; icing sugar, to dust

Preparation info

Makes
6-8
Slices

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Gourmet Food for a Fiver

By Jason Atherton

Published 2010

About

I HAVE FOND MEMORIES OF TREACLE TART. WHEN I WAS A CHILD IT WAS ALWAYS A TOSS UP BETWEEN A BAKEWELL AND A TREACLE TART FROM OUR LOCAL BAKERY. ALTHOUGH IT’S VERY RICH, I STILL LIKE THE COMPLETE AND UTTER SUGAR HIT THIS TART DELIVERS. IT IS WELL WORTH THE TOTAL INDULGENCE.

Ingredients

Pastry:

225 g plain flour, plus extra to dust
pinch of salt
100 g

Dessert
Cake
Vegetarian
ice cream

Method

To make the pastry, sift the flour and salt into a large bowl, add the butter and rub together with your fingertips until the mixture resembles crumbs. Stir in the sugar. Beat the egg yolk with 25ml water, then gradually mix into the crumb mixture until the dough begins to hold together. Gather the dough and press into a flat disc. Wrap in cling film and chill for at lea