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Manchester Tart

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Manchester Tart

A traditional northern English tart, layering shortcrust pastry with raspberry jam, custard and toasted coconut on top.

Total time
50 min
Prep
30 min
Cook
20 min
Difficulty
medium
Cuisine
British
vegetarian

Ingredients

1 sheetsweet shortcrust pastry
4 tbspraspberry jam
4egg yolks
1/2 cupcaster sugar
1/4 cupcornflour
2 cupsmilk
1 tspvanilla extract
1/2 cupdesiccated coconut
glacé cherriesto top

Instructions

1

Blind bake pastry 15 minutes.

2

Spread jam over base.

3

Make custard: whisk yolks, sugar and cornflour. Heat milk and pour over. Cook until thick. Add vanilla.

4

Pour over jam. Scatter with coconut.

5

Refrigerate until set. Top with cherries.

Nutrition (estimated)

Per serving, based on a standard 4-serving portion and standard nutrition references — not a lab or USDA-verified measurement.

Calories
330
Protein
7.3g
Fat
15.1g
Carbs
42.1g
Fiber
1.8g
Sodium
64mg

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