Queen of Hearts tarts
Makes: 12
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Queen of Hearts tarts
Recipe by Kim Morphew
Makes: 12
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Nutritional information (per serving)
Calories
161Kcal
Fat
9gr
Saturates
3gr
Carbs
18gr
Sugars
11gr
Fibre
0gr
Protein
3gr
Salt
0.1gr
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Kim Morphew
London-based food stylist and writer Kim Morphew has been contributing to Sainsbury's magazine since 2008. She is creator of the children's cookery book and baking range, The Kookey Chefs.
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Kim Morphew
London-based food stylist and writer Kim Morphew has been contributing to Sainsbury's magazine since 2008. She is creator of the children's cookery book and baking range, The Kookey Chefs.
Ingredients
- Plain flour, for dusting
- ½ x 500g block dessert pastry
- 25g softened butter
- 25g caster sugar
- 1 medium egg, beaten
- 40g ground almonds
- ¼ tsp Taste the Difference French almond extract
- 100g seedless raspberry jam (we used Hartley’s)
Step by step
Get ahead
Make up to 1 day ahead; store in an airtight container. They can also be frozen.
- Lightly dust a clean work surface with flour. Roll out the pastry until about 3mm thick. Using a 7.5cm fluted round cutter, stamp out 12 circles of pastry and use to line a 12-hole nonstick patty tin. Chill in the fridge for 30 minutes.
- Preheat the oven to 180°C, fan 160°C, gas 4. Meanwhile, scrape up the pastry trimmings and re-roll. Then stamp out 12 hearts with a 4cm heart cutter. Put onto a baking tray lined with baking paper. Bake in the oven for 5-8 minutes until golden.
- To make the filling, beat together the butter and sugar in a bowl until pale and creamy. Then stir in 25g beaten egg (use the rest for glazing the scones if making), ground almonds and almond extract until combined.
- Divide the almond mixture equally between the pastry cases, smooth level with the back of a teaspoon, then bake in the oven for 15 minutes until lightly golden. Remove from the oven and, using the back of a teaspoon, press down the tops of the almond mixture to flatten slightly. Heat the jam in a small pan until melted and spoon a little over the top of each one to cover the top completely. Return to the oven for 5 minutes. Then remove and top each with a pastry heart. Leave to cool for 10 minutes, then enjoy warm or cold.