A staple on school dinner menus until the mid-1980s, Manchester tart is a variation on an earlier recipe by the Victorian cookery writer Mrs Beeton. If you prefer, you can use a 500g block of dessert shortcrust pastry
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Ingredients
300g plain flour, plus extra to dust
75g cold butter, diced
75g solid white vegetable fat, eg Trex
25g icing sugar
200g seedless raspberry jam
100g desiccated coconut
1 glace cherry, optional
For the custard
450ml whole milk
3 large egg yolks
60g caster sugar
30g plain flour
1½ -2 tsp vanilla extract
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Start several hours ahead to allow for setting time. For the pastry, whiz or rub together the flour, diced butter, white fat and icing sugar until breadcrumb-like.
Mix in 3-4 tablespoons of cold water, then bring together as a ball. Wrap and chill for at least 30 minutes.
Use the pastry to line a deep 23cm tart tin, prick the base and chill for 30 minutes.
Preheat the oven to 190°C, fan 170°C, gas 5. Line the tart case with baking paper and baking beans, then bake for 20 minutes. Remove the paper and beans and bake for 5-10 minutes or until the pastry is dry and crisp. Spread the jam in the base of the tart and scatter with half the coconut.
For the custard, heat the milk to just below boiling point. Mix the egg yolks, sugar and flour until smooth in a bowl, then pour in the hot milk, stirring.
Rinse out the pan and pour in the custard mixture. Bring slowly to the boil, stirring until thickened, around 2 minutes (taste to check there is no raw flour flavour; cook for a little longer if necessary.) Add vanilla to taste, then strain through a sieve into a bowl. Stir for a couple of minutes to cool it slightly, then pour into the tart. Sprinkle with the rest of the coconut and leave to cool. Cover and chill for 4 hours or until set. Add a glace cherry in the centre for a truly retro feel and cut into slices to serve.
Why is it called Manchester Tart? A Manchester Tart is a traditional English custard pie, hailing from, you guessed it: Manchester. It was a very popular school pudding that was served up in the 70s and 80s.
The Manchester tart is a traditional English baked tart consisting of a shortcrust pastry shell, spread with raspberry jam, covered with a custard filling and topped with flakes of coconut and a Maraschino cherry. A common variation has a layer of thinly-sliced bananas under the custard.
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The word seems first to have been applied colloquially to women in the mid-nineteenth century, as a term of endearment rather than abuse (the first to record it was John Hotten, in his Dictionary of Modern Slang (1864): 'Tart, a term of approval applied by the London lower orders to a young woman for whom some ...
A traditional English baked tart, which consists of a shortcrust pastry shell, spread with raspberry jam, covered with a custard filling and topped with flakes of coconut.
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Prep time: 40 mins
