Name: Jam Tarts
Total time: 60 min
Yield: 12
Ingredients: Butter- 75 grams; Plain flour- 250 grams; Salt- 1 pinch; Caster sugar- 100 grams; Egg- 1 beaten; Milk- 2 Tbsp.; Jam- 100 grams

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Jam Tarts

Serves: 12 people

Recipe course: Tarts & pastries

Total time (min.): 60

Complexity (1 to 3): 1

A simple sweet treat but an old favourite, also a great way to use up extra pastry and any jams or curds you have leftover.

Tools

Kitchen machines: Stand Mixers
K beater

Ingredients

Ingredients 1
Butter 75 grams
Plain flour 250 grams
Salt 1 pinch
Caster sugar 100 grams

Ingredients 2
Egg 1 beaten
Milk 2 Tbsp.

Ingredients 3
Jam 100 grams

Method

Prep. (Before you begin)

Cut the butter into cubes and leave at room temperature to soften.

Getting started

1- Fit the K beater to the machine.
2- Grease the muffin tin.

Stage 1

1- Add Ingredients 1 (butter, flour, salt, sugar) into the Mixer bowl.
2- Attach the Mixer bowl to the machine and fit the splash guard.
3- Mix on speed 2 for 2 minutes.

Stage 2

1- Add Ingredients 2 (egg, milk) into the Mixer bowl.
2- Mix on speed 2 for 1 minute .
3- Place the pastry onto a worksurface and knead together.
4- Wrap in plastic wrap.
5- Chill in the fridge for 30 minutes.

Stage 3

1- Pre heat the oven to 180ºC.
2- Place the pastry onto a lightly floured worksurface.
3- Roll out the pastry until 1 mm thick.
4- Use a pastry cutter to cut out circles slightly bigger than the muffin pan holes.
5- Place the pastry circles into the muffin tin holes and lightly press down to shape.
6- Spoon Ingredients 3 (jam) into the muffin tin evenly.
7- Bake for 15 minutes at 180ºC.
8- Leave to cool in the muffin tin for 5 minutes.
9- Turn out onto a wire rack and let cool. Serve.

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