Blackberry Bakewell Tarts Recipes

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Place tart shells on a baking sheet.
• Mash blackberries and lemon zest together lightly in a small bowl. Divide blackberry mixture evenly into the bottom of tart shells.
• Whisk brown sugar, honey, egg, butter, vanilla extract, and salt together in a bowl; spoon mixture evenly over blackberries in shells.
• Bake in the preheated oven until filling is bubbly and shells are golden, 22 to 27 minutes.

Steps:

• Heat oven to 200C/180C fan/gas 6. Roll out the pastry on a lightly floured surface and stamp out 12 circles with an 8-9cm cutter. Use to line the holes of a bun tin. Chill while you make the filling.
• To make the filling, beat together the butter, caster sugar, egg, ground almonds and flour. Divide the filling between the tarts, pushing in the blackberries as you go. Scatter over the flaked almonds and bake for 15-20 mins until lightly golden.
• Remove from the tins and serve warm or cool, with a dollop of clotted cream if you're feeling indulgent.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 450 degrees F (230 degrees C). Arrange tart shells on a baking sheet.
• Bake in the preheated oven for 6 minutes. Remove shells from oven and cool. Reduce oven temperature to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
• Spoon 1 teaspoon raspberry jam into the bottom of each tart shell.
• Beat butter and white sugar together in a bowl with an electric mixer until smooth and creamy. Add flour, egg, baking powder, and almond extract and mix well. Spoon 1 tablespoon butter mixture on top of raspberry jam layer.
• Bake tarts in the preheated oven until filling is bubbling, 25 to 30 minutes.
• Stir confectioners' sugar and water together in a bowl until icing is smooth; drizzle over warm tarts.

Steps:

• For the crust: makes 24 biscuits.
• whisk together 1/2 cup oats, flour, salt, baking powder, and sugar.
• with a pastry cutter and your hands mix in the cubed butter until it resembles bread crumbs and has no big lumps of butter left.
• mix 1/2 tsp anise extract with 1/4 cup of the cold milk and add it to the mixture; then keep adding milk in tablespoons only until it forms a dough.
• divide the dough into two flat disks and refrigerate until firm.
• preheat the oven to 400 degrees F.
• roll out one half of the dough until it is the thickness of a button.
• with a 3-inch cookie cutter cut circles out and pierce each circle with a fork 2 or 3 times.
• bake on an ungreased cookie sheet for 8-10 minutes until golden brown.
• repeat with the other half of the dough.
• grind the cooled biscuits until they resemble bread crumbs.
• add 3/4 cup oats to the ground biscuits.
• add 1/2 tsp anise extract to 6 tbsp melted butter and mix it into the oats and ground biscuits.
• add 4 tbsp of milk 1 tbsp at a time into the mixture and mix until you have a crumbly mixture that sticks together but is not too mushy.
• preheat the oven to 400 degrees F.
• fill each muffin cavity with the crumble mixture on the bottom and up the sides and pierce each cavity with a fork twice (note: you should have left-over crumble mixture after filling the tart cavities which you will use for the crumble topping later).
• bake for 5-6 minutes until lightly browned; then cool them in their tins.
• For the Jam:.
• bring 12 oz blackberries, 4 tbsp sugar, lemon juice, and vanilla extract together in a pan and boil steadily on medium heat.
• as the blackberries begin to cook down, mash them with a potato masher until you have no more big lumps of blackberry.
• when the jam reduces, thickens, and coats the back of a spoon take the pan off the heat to cool (note: the jam will thicken more as it cools).
• For the frangipane (almond cream):.
• cream the softened butter and powdered sugar until pale and fluffy.
• add 4 eggs 1 at a time and blend thoroughly.
• add 1/2 tsp almond extract.
• add 1/2 cup all-purpose flour and 1/2 cup almond flour and blend thoroughly.
• Tart assembly:.
• fill each cooled tart crust with 1/2 tbsp jam; then fill with 2 tbsp frangipane.
• top each tart with about 1 and 1/2 tbsp left-over oat and biscuit crumble mixture.
• bake for 12-15 minutes until they are golden brown and the frangipane has puffed up and is cooked through.
• let the tarts cool in their tins for about 10 minutes before taking them out (note: use a spoon to take them out).

Steps:

• To make the base, melt the butter, then sizzle until it turns a nutty brown if you want some extra flavour. Blitz the biscuits into crumbs using a food processor, then add the melted butter and blend to mix. Press the crumbs into a lined 20cm square tin, then chill until set.
• Make the filling by beating the butter and sugar together until light and fluffy. Add the eggs one at a time, tip in the flour and almonds and continue beating, then spoon into a piping bag.
• Heat oven to 180C/160C fan/gas 4. Remove the tin from the fridge, then spread over the jam, leaving a gap around the edge. Pipe the filling mixture on top, making sure you start with the edge around the jam. Press in the blackberries, sprinkle over the caster sugar and bake for 45-50 mins. The frangipane should be cooked all the way through with a sugary crust on the top. Remove from the oven and leave to cool. Can be made the day before and kept, wrapped, at room temperature. Bring to the picnic in the tin, then cut into squares and serve with a large spoonful of clotted cream.

Steps:

• Bake the tart shells according to the package directions and cool completely.
• Combine the berries and water in a saucepan and bring to a boil.
• Reduce the heat and simmer for 5 minutes, or until the berries are soft.
• Mash the berries and strain 2 cups of juice.
• Discard the pulp and seeds.
• Combine the sugar and flour in a saucepan.
• Add the blackberry juice, whisking constantly until smooth.
• Bring to a boil, whisking.
• Reduce heat and simmer for 3 min or until thickened.
• Remove from heat and add butter and 2 t vanilla.
• Spoon the filling into the cooled tart shells.
• Cool completely.
• Beat the whipping cream on medium heat until foamy.
• Gradually add in 1/4 c sugar.
• Beat until stiff peaks form.
• Stir in 1/8 t vanilla.
• Put a dollop or two of whipped cream on top of the tarts.
• Garnish as desired with fresh blackberries and mint sprigs.