Treacle tart

Name: Treacle tart
Yield: Serves 12
Ingredients: 225 g fresh white breadcrumbs; 6 eggs, lightly beaten; 300 ml whipping cream; 150 ml black treacle; 150 ml golden syrup; grated zest and juice of 1 lemon; 2 Granny Smith apples; 1 egg yolk; 100 g chilled unsalted butter, cut into small pieces; ½ teaspoon salt; 200 g plain flour

Preparation info

Serves
12

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

The Richard Corrigan Cookbook

By Richard Corrigan

Published 1999

About

I can never understand why recipes for treacle tart contain no treacle. This one does, with some tart apple to cut through the richness of the other filling ingredients.

Ingredients

200 g plain flour
½ teaspoon salt
100 g

Winter
Vegetarian
Pie

Method

Sift the flour and salt on to a work surface, preferably a marble slab. Make a well in the centre of the flour and put in the butter. Lightly beat the egg yolk with 3 tablespoons cold water and pour over the butter. Using your fingertips, work the egg yolk mixture into the butter, then gradually incorporate the flour. When the mixture has the consistency of coarse crumbs, gather it into a ball.