FRENCH APPLE TART RECIPE MARY BERRY TV

Reduce the oven temperature to 350☏(180☌) and bake for about 30 minutes, until golden-brown and a skewer pushed into the middle comes out clean. Melt the butter in a pot, remove from heat and stir in the sugar, ground almonds, egg and almond extract (if using.) Pour the mixture over the jam or mincemeat and sprinkle the flaked almonds on top. Making the filling and baking the Bakewell Tart

Spread the jam or mincemeat on the bottom of the crust then make the frangipane filling.

Using a fork, press the tines into the bottom and sides of the pastry in the tin, then bake for about 15 to 20 minutes, until cooked, but not completely (it’s going back in the oven.) Remove and set aside. Roll out the dough on a lightly floured surface, then line a 9″in tart tin. (Or you can make it in a food processor, like this.) Place the flour and salt into a bowl and rub in the butter with your fingers until the mixture looks like fine breadcrumbs.Īdd the sugar, then add the water and mix gently to make a soft dough. Preheat the oven to 200C/400F/Gas 6 (180C fan). Special equipment: tart dish (I like this one as it’s made in France, but I have a less expensive option in above) Need I say any more?Īdapted for US kitchens (and to my taste) and to make a larger, 9″ tart When the tart has cooled, it’s drizzled with a plain sugar icing. Mary Berry’s Bakewell Tart recipe is fantastic. Most of you in the US have probably never even heard of a Bakewell tart, let alone have tried one, so this is the recipe I decided to share with you.īakewell tart begins with a homemade crust which is partially baked, then the bottom is covered in jam (please see below for a very delicious alternative filling to use up your Christmas mincemeat).īakewell tart is very simple almond flavored, cake-like filled (frangipane) tart, which is topped with sliced almonds and drizzled with icing. I love Mary’s English style and classic British recipes, like her Bakewell tart. Updated: I met Mary Berry and “hung out” with her and Paul Hollywood in the VIP room at the BBC Good Food Show Scotland! I even rode in the same taxi with them when we went out for dinner!

FRENCH APPLE TART RECIPE MARY BERRY TV

She is an extremely accomplished baker, cookbook author, and celebrity in the UK, as she is a judge in a highly popular TV show called The Great British Bakeoff, and she just happens to have been born exactly one year, to the day, before my Dad! You needed that piece of information, right? If you live outside the UK, you may not know who Mary Berry is.

Thanks to a friend’s suggestion, I’ve also discovered that using up leftover mincemeat instead of jam, makes a fabulous treat!įor those of you in the UK, Mary Berry is a household name, but this is not the case in the US.Īs an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.ĮDIT: This post was written before the Great British Bakeoff made it BIG in the USA! Bakewell tart is such a British classic, and Mary Berry’s got the best recipe, but I’ve made a few changes for those of us in the US.

French apple tart recipe mary berry