George's Bakewell Tart - New Zealand

Total Time: 50 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 40 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 8 inches flan tin with shortcrust pastry
• 3 ounces caster sugar
• 3 ounces unsalted butter
• 2 ounces self raising flour
• 2 ounces ground almonds
• 2 medium eggs
• 1/2 teaspoon almond essence (could sub vanilla extract)
• 2 tablespoons jam (or preserves of your favorite jams or perserves)
• 1 -2 tablespoon sliced almonds, for topping

Recipe

• 1 line 8" flan tin with shortcrust pastry crust (or use a frozen pie crust and i suggest baking it for 8 minutes prior to filling).
• 2 cream together sugar and butter until smooth. add flour, ground almonds, almond essence, and eggs (beaten). mix well.
• 3 spread your favorite jam evenly over the pastry with the back of a spoon.
• 4 pour butter mixture into pastry crust, and sprinkle top with flaked almonds.
• 5 bake in pre-heated 350 degree f oven for 30-40 minutes. leave in until middle has set.