Like many a British classic before it, how the Bakwell tart was first concocted no one is 100% sure of. I'm inclined to believe it came about by accident as the following story tells.
In 1820 Mrs. Greaves the landlady of the White Horse Inn, Bakewell Town Invited friends round for dinner. Mrs.Greaves was busy entertaining and asked her inexperienced cook to make a pudding.
The instructions were, mix an egg mixture with a secret ingredient into a pastry case and spread strawberry jam on top. The cook was inexperienced so misunderstood the instructions, poured the egg mixture onto the jam instead, therefore making a tart, not a pudding!
The tart was still served to the guests and as they praised the dish, Mrs Greaves ordered her staff to continue making them that way.
This tart consists of a thin sweet shortcrust pastry base layered with raspberry jam, frangipane and topped with flaked almonds. It is quite simple to make when you organise yourself well I promise! and even though my oven (fan) kindly over browned the top of my tart, it still tasted great.
The recipe i followed can be found here
Assalamu Alaykum, it looks delicious...:D
ReplyDeleteLooks yum and I love the photos :)
ReplyDeleteAnd I wonder how it would the yummiest with those roasted almond slices.
ReplyDeleteYum! So where exactly in England are you? I am sure I could make it round for a slice with a cuppa! lol MashaAllah you make me want to bake more. I haven't baked in three weeks as I'm cooking different dinner recipes at the moment, trying new things.
ReplyDeleteThis looks amaaaaazing!
ReplyDeleteThank you everyone for your lovely comments @Sanaa i'm in South Yorkshire :)
ReplyDeleteSalam Aleykum Uhkti. mashallah this looks amazing. The flower tin is so cute. I LOVE almonds on anything and was just soaking some now and trying to figure out what I wanted to do with them... Think I found our what I am baking tonight.
ReplyDeleteSubhanAllah I use to buy these amazing bars at the store in London and always wanted to know what they were. It was pastry, jam, and the topping a little grainy so I thought maybe almond and semolina but this is it! Yumm, I must try!
ReplyDeleteMasha Allah, saw this somewhere this week and have been fancying to eat it ever since...now I have instructions! Looks totally delicious, your lucky familyxx
ReplyDelete@Um Abduilkarim - let me know how your bakewell tart turns out inshaAllah i'd like to see a pic
ReplyDelete@Zelia - look what i found http://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/826638/raspberry-bakewell-slice - i forgot all about these i used to eat them as a kid but they are perfect now when every1 loves small individual portions like cupcakes
:Sugar - JazakAllah Khair so sweet of you to say that