Butterscotch tart
Who can forget school dinners? Cold mashed potato and nasty, fish-flavoured stuff (was it even fish?). The only thing that made it worthwhile was the puddings. Sponge cake with pink icing, chocolate custard or, my favourite, Butterscotch Tart. For years I hunted high and low to find the recipe for Butterscotch Tart. I tried recipe after recipe to no avail. Until one day I perfected it! And because I'm a nice person I will share it with you. And you will love me. Forever.
Ingredients
Serves: 8
- For the pastry
- 300g plain flour
- pinch salt
- 150g caster sugar
- 1 egg, beaten
- 150g softened butter
- a little water
- For the butterscotch filling
- 320g butter
- 320g demerera sugar
- 6oz milk
- 80g plain flour
Method
Prep:20min ›
Cook:10min ›
Extra time:30min cooling ›
Ready in:1hr
- For the pastry: Sift 300g plain flour with a pinch salt and 150g caster sugar.
- Add beaten egg and butter and mix to a dough. You may need to add a very small amount of water. Leave in a cool place for 1 hour. Alternatively, if you’re in a rush you can put it in the freezer for 10 minutes.
- After cooling, roll out pastry and place into 2 greased tins (loose based tins are best).
- Blind bake in oven at 180ºC (350ºF/Gas Mark 4) for 10-15 minutes.
- For butterscotch filling: Melt 320g butter in a pan over a low heat.
- Mix in 320g demerera sugar and stir until dissolved.
- Slowly add the milk and 80g flour, whisking as you do so until smooth.
- Heat mixture, whisking continuously until butterscotch coats the back of a spoon.
- Pour into pastry cases. Allow to cool then refrigerate until: 1) It’s time to share with your loved ones or 2) Your willpower disappears and you hide in the cupboard under the stairs to eat it all by yourself.
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I've made this twice already and okay, so I cheated a little I bought a sweet pastry case from the supermarkert and made half the volume of the butterscotch and it was sublime - one tip is to sift the flour into the pan a little at a time and stir well before adding more flour. - 01 Jun 2011
Altered ingredient amounts. I used pre-bought pastry case. The mixture definately would fill two of these! - 22 Feb 2011
Altered ingredient amounts. I used two medium eggs instead of one large egg, this made the tart sweeter - Verry yummy when finished! - 22 Jan 2011