Cakes and Pastries Recipes - Blackberry Tart with Currant Jelly Topping Recipe

Ingredients

Serves 6:

• 8 1/2 oz pie crust dough (refer recipe)

• 1/2 oz butter

• 1 cup cream

• 2 oz sugar

• 5 drops vanilla extract

• 1 1/8 lb blackberries

• 3 1/2 oz currant jelly

• 1 tbsp kirsch

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Method:

1. Preheat the oven to 390°F/200°C.

2. Roll out the dough. Line a greased tart pan with it. Prick the dough with a fork. Bake blind for about 20 minutes.

3. Take the pan out of the oven and cool.

4. Meanwhile, prepare the topping: whisk the cream in a bowl. Add the sugar and vanilla extract.

5. Fill the tart crust wit this mixture. Arrange the blackberries on top in concentric circles.

6. In a saucepan, heat the currant jelly, adding the kirsch over low heat. Cover the blackberries with this mixture and serve quickly.