Jam Tart

Recipe No: 69

Ingredients                                                 Makes 2- 9 inch tarts

For the Shell

• All Purpose Flour/Maida…2 cups
• Butter…………………………..1/2 Cup/ 1 stick
• Egg Yolk……………………….1
• Sugar………………………...…1/2 Cup
• Baking soda…………………..1/4 teaspoon
• Salt………………………………1/4 Teaspoon
• Cold Water…………………….2-4 Tablespoons / as needed

For the filling

• Jam……………………………...As needed (I used homemade Strawberry preserve but you can use your own favorite jam)

Method of Preparation

1. Preheat the oven to 375˚F/190˚C
2. Sift together Flour, Salt and Baking powder.
3. Mix sugar and butter till creamy.
4. Add egg yolk and mix till combined.
5. Add the flour mixture and knead into a soft dough. Use some cold water if needed. But take care not to add too much water. Use only enough water to make soft dough.
6. Sprinkle some flour on a work surface and roll out the dough into ¼ inch thickness. Transfer this to a tart tin. For a 9 inch tart pan, you will need only half of this dough. So take the amount of dough needed according to the size of your tart pan. If you don’t have a tart pan, cut it into small circles and do the same thing in a muffin tin. Take care not to stretch the dough. If you stretch, it will shrink right back in while baking.
7. With the help of a fork, prick the bottom of the tart dough. This is to prevent the dough from raising too much.
8. Put the jam in the middle of the tart as much or as less as you like. (I don’t like it too sweet, so I spread only 1/4 cup of jam in the middle of the Tart). If you don't like pieces of fruit in the preserve you are using, pulse it in a food processor/ blender for 10 seconds.
9. Put it in the lowest rack of the oven for 10 minutes and then shift it to the middle rack and bake till the sides and the bottom of the tart is slightly browned, for about another 10 -15 minutes.
10. Serve warm.

Make it, enjoy the deliciousness and
serve it to your family with love…