Manchester Tart

Name: Manchester Tart
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 50 min
Cuisine: British
Ingredients: 1 sheet sweet shortcrust pastry; 4 tbsp raspberry jam; 4 egg yolks; 1/2 cup caster sugar; 1/4 cup cornflour; 2 cups milk; 1 tsp vanilla extract; 1/2 cup desiccated coconut; glacé cherries to top

A traditional northern English tart with pastry, jam, custard and coconut.

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

Blind bake pastry 15 minutes.

Spread jam over base.

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

Pour over jam. Scatter with coconut.

Refrigerate until set. Top with cherries.