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Gypsy tart

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  • Ami82
    Ami82 Posts: 1,081 Forumite
    Loulou2010 wrote: »
    yep thats exactly what it is :)

    i reckon it must be a southern thing

    I still can't believe after all these years i've finally got a name for this beautiful tart!! Plus it looks so simple to make! I remember after the we finished our main meal we went to pick up our puddings and i used to stand there looking for the tart that was cut from the corner so i could break more pastry off to dip into the filling!! LOL! I was a greedy kid. Mum never made puddings! :p
  • Loulou2010
    Loulou2010 Posts: 13,245 Forumite
    Ami82 wrote: »
    I still can't believe after all these years i've finally got a name for this beautiful tart!! Plus it looks so simple to make! I remember after the we finished our main meal we went to pick up our puddings and i used to stand there looking for the tart that was cut from the corner so i could break more pastry off to dip into the filling!! LOL! I was a greedy kid. Mum never made puddings! :p

    the filling part of it, always used to be quite gooey but that made it taste even better! brought one a few years back and it didnt taste as good so thought i would try my own!
    "I have learnt that even when I have pains, I don't have to be one"
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  • Ami82
    Ami82 Posts: 1,081 Forumite
    Loulou2010 wrote: »
    the filling part of it, always used to be quite gooey but that made it taste even better! brought one a few years back and it didnt taste as good so thought i would try my own!

    They sell this tart? Which shop? Probably make my own though as it looks simple enough but just curious to know! Lol!
  • purplegirluk1
    purplegirluk1 Posts: 1,485 Forumite
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    They sell them in the bakery in Asda in Folkestone, Kent. They are very yummy indeed! I may have a go at making one tomorrow though :-)
  • ChocClare
    ChocClare Posts: 1,475 Forumite
    I had this at school in Woodley (Berkshire) and again in Christchurch (then Hampshire, now Dorset) so it can't just be a Kent thing.

    Still scrumola though :T
  • Loulou2010
    Loulou2010 Posts: 13,245 Forumite
    Ami82 wrote: »
    They sell this tart? Which shop? Probably make my own though as it looks simple enough but just curious to know! Lol!
    asda :)
    ChocClare wrote: »
    I had this at school in Woodley (Berkshire) and again in Christchurch (then Hampshire, now Dorset) so it can't just be a Kent thing.

    Still scrumola though :T
    i'm near woodley:)
    "I have learnt that even when I have pains, I don't have to be one"
    "You may not control all the events that happen to you, but you can decide not to be reduced by them.”
    Maya Angelou
  • babyshoes
    babyshoes Posts: 1,771 Forumite
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    I have never heard of it before, but I think I may just have to try it when I get home from work tomorrow - it sounds so easy and delish! I think I even have all the ingredients in the cupboard - evap milk, brown sugar and ingredients for pastry...
    Trust me - I'm NOT a doctor!
  • SeaBee
    SeaBee Posts: 360 Forumite
    I also thought it was just a Kent thing. I made one for people at work when I moved up north as they had never heard of it either - mixed reviews from them. Mind you, they didn't like bread pudding either - philistines! :rotfl:

    We were always served it with half an apple - I think it was supposed to get all the yummy sticky filling off our poor teeth!
  • radiohelen
    radiohelen Posts: 373 Forumite
    Sorry - not just a Kent thing. We used to have Gypsy tart at school in Somerset. It was a creamy toffee goo on a pastry case with a blob of cream (probably artificial) on the top. It were gert lush.
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  • Amandaj32
    Amandaj32 Posts: 105 Forumite
    It might have originated in Kent - but I have fond memories of this at school in Aberdeenshire!!
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