STRAWBERRY JAM TARTS
Ingredients
- Butter
- for greasing
- 1 orange
- zest only (use a fine zester)
- 100g/3½oz white caster sugar
- 250g/9oz ready-made sweet shortcrust pastry
- Plain flour
- for dusting
- 450g/1lb strawberries
- hulls removed
- plus extra to serve
- 450g/1lb golden caster sugar
- 1 vanilla pod
- split
- 1 tbsp rosewater
- 1 tbsp orange liqueur
- Clotted cream
- to serve
Directions
- Preheat the oven to 180C/350F/Gas 4. Grease a 12-16 hole tart mould with butter.
- Line a baking tray with greaseproof paper and sprinkle over the orange zest and white caster sugar. Transfer to the lowest shelf in the oven and bake for 12-15 minutes
- or until the sugar has melted and coated the orange zest. Remove from the oven and set aside to harden into candied peel.
- Roll out the shortcrust pastry onto a lightly floured work surface to a 0.5cm/¼in thickness. Using a cookie cutter
- or an upturned cup
- cut discs from the pastry that are slightly bigger than the holes in the prepared tart tray
- then press one disc into each of the holes.
- For the jam filling
- place the strawberries
- golden caster sugar
- vanilla pod
- rosewater and orange liqueur into a pan and bring the mixture to a simmer. Simmer for 5-8 minutes
- or until the strawberries begin to break down. Set aside to cool slightly.
- When the strawberry filling mixture has cooled slightly
- spoon equal amounts into the centre of each pastry case. Then transfer the tarts to the oven and bake for 10-12 minutes
- or until the pastry cases are golden-brown. Remove the tarts from the oven and set aside on a wire rack to cool.
- To serve
- place 1-2 strawberry jam tarts into the centre of each serving plate. Place a teaspoonful of clotted cream on top of each tart and garnish with the fresh strawberries. Sprinkle over the reserved candied peel.

