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Is there a kindly Dinner Lady out there who can provide a definitive recipe for the Caramel Tart we used to have in school in 70's/80's? It was a thin pastry base with a thin layer of medium consistency caramel?, with a sprinkle of chocolate shavings on top and served with optional custard.
I have searched the internet high and low and found recipes for Gypsy Tart, that seem like a different thing and one for Toffee Cream Tart, on the AB, that I tried the other day and it did taste familiar, but wasn't the same recipe I'm looking for.
Please help, have been after it for ages and having serious withdrawal symptoms now, ha ha!
Ta
Minz
I have searched the internet high and low and found recipes for Gypsy Tart, that seem like a different thing and one for Toffee Cream Tart, on the AB, that I tried the other day and it did taste familiar, but wasn't the same recipe I'm looking for.
Please help, have been after it for ages and having serious withdrawal symptoms now, ha ha!
Ta
Minz
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http://uktv.co.uk/food/recipe/aid/572737
http://uktv.co.uk/food/recipe/aid/572737
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Hi Everybody!!
I am a 14 year old boy, and what can I say, I love my food! lol! :)
I have wanted the recipe for butterscotch tart for years and finally got the chance to ask the school chef for it.
And I was dead excited and tried it out and it was perfect, as me and my auntie have been looking for it for years.
Its exactly the same as primary school and still delicious as ever.
Here it is:
BUTTERSCOTH TART RECIPE:
SERVES 16 (Serves 16 because used in school but who cares, I could eat 16 pieces of this yummy desert!)
Pie crust:
459g plain flour
120g margarine
120g lard
50ml water
Add flour to a big mixing bowl, break up margarine and lard into flour and rub in until it resembles breadcrumbs, then add water and bring to dough, tip: add a bit of water at a time, otherwise it could go to wet and runny.
Prick the bottom of the crust to bake blind, allow cooling before adding the filling.
Filling:
230g margarine
230g plain flour
230g sugar
10g butterscotch essence
10g vanilla essence
150ml milk
Melt margarine, sugar in pan, and mix together. (I used a double boiler)
Add flour cook through.
Put all in mixing bowl and mix in essences and milk
Mix until thick and creamy
Spread over cooled pastry and chill for 1 hour
I served this with whipped cream and grated chocolate.
You can order the butterscotch essence here:
http://www.sweetsucce...op/shopexd.asp?id=406
Or over on ebay:
http://www.ebay.co.uk...=butterscotch+essence
I am a 14 year old boy, and what can I say, I love my food! lol! :)
I have wanted the recipe for butterscotch tart for years and finally got the chance to ask the school chef for it.
And I was dead excited and tried it out and it was perfect, as me and my auntie have been looking for it for years.
Its exactly the same as primary school and still delicious as ever.
Here it is:
BUTTERSCOTH TART RECIPE:
SERVES 16 (Serves 16 because used in school but who cares, I could eat 16 pieces of this yummy desert!)
Pie crust:
459g plain flour
120g margarine
120g lard
50ml water
Add flour to a big mixing bowl, break up margarine and lard into flour and rub in until it resembles breadcrumbs, then add water and bring to dough, tip: add a bit of water at a time, otherwise it could go to wet and runny.
Prick the bottom of the crust to bake blind, allow cooling before adding the filling.
Filling:
230g margarine
230g plain flour
230g sugar
10g butterscotch essence
10g vanilla essence
150ml milk
Melt margarine, sugar in pan, and mix together. (I used a double boiler)
Add flour cook through.
Put all in mixing bowl and mix in essences and milk
Mix until thick and creamy
Spread over cooled pastry and chill for 1 hour
I served this with whipped cream and grated chocolate.
You can order the butterscotch essence here:
http://
Or over on ebay:
http://