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pastry shell recipe for lemon curd tarts please???

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  • mouseymousey99
    mouseymousey99 Posts: 1,868 Forumite
    Hello nettles - what size is your dish please? Do you want pastry, just thinking you could do biscuit base - crush ginger nuts (or anything else you have) add melted butter and make a base this way too.

    This should take you to Delia's site re making pastry
    http://www.deliaonline.com/recipes/basic-shortcrust-pastry,1123,RC.html
  • pol
    pol Posts: 643 Forumite
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    This is the one I use and it makes a lovely, light, melt in the mouth sweet pastry.


    3 1/2 oz Plain flour
    3 1/2 oz Self Raising flour
    1 oz Cornflour
    4 oz butter/marg
    1 oz sugar
    1 egg yolk

    pol
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  • mumofthetwins
    mumofthetwins Posts: 1,111 Forumite
    Hi guys ...
    The baking is going really well so I'm gonna have a go at some lemon tarts (boys fave)
    Would I make a sweet pastry and if so do I make my normal pastry (half fat to flour) then add some sugar ?
    Do I brush the top rim of the tart with egg?
    And last one is ... How long would they last ??

    Thanks a million guys .... You are really helping me save money and eat ALOT better
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  • double_mummy
    double_mummy Posts: 3,989 Forumite
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    not good at the rest of it but they how long they last completely depends on your boys!
    The only people I have to answer to are my beautiful babies aged 8 and 5
  • mumofthetwins
    mumofthetwins Posts: 1,111 Forumite
    Good point double mummy ... Never thought of that ... Think I will have to hide some in the cuboard ;)
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  • double_mummy
    double_mummy Posts: 3,989 Forumite
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    The only people I have to answer to are my beautiful babies aged 8 and 5
  • meritaten
    meritaten Posts: 24,158 Forumite
    I saw a really easy recipe for sweet pastry and I am almost sure that an ounce of flour was replaced with an ounce of icing sugar and one egg added. then normal amount of butter. sounds like this would work nicely to me.
  • mumofthetwins
    mumofthetwins Posts: 1,111 Forumite
    Just taken my tarts out of the oven ... They look yum but I can't have any yet as they are red hot !!
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  • mumofthetwins
    mumofthetwins Posts: 1,111 Forumite
    Had one yum !
    It was just stuff I had in my store cuboard and a jar of value lemon curd 22p ... A jar made about 28 tarts ..
    Should last until tomorrow 😉
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  • meritaten
    meritaten Posts: 24,158 Forumite
    What pastry recipe did you use MOTT?
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