Fool Proof Jam Tarts?

jcr16

Does anyone please have a good recipe for making pastry which i can use for jam tarts ?

i promised my son i'd make some for his birthday tomoz, the one item i forgot to get in town was icing suger, my tried and tested never fails recipe needs it. hubby is at work till midnight, all kids are soundo so i can get to a shop.

please help. which recipe never lets you down for jam tart making ?

CRANKY40

If you have a blender/food processor and some ordinary sugar you can make icing sugar.

jcr16

nope i don't own either of those. i very rarely use a food processor if i do i borrow my mums.

Seakay

This is the Delia recipe that I always use with white flour:

12oz plain flour
3oz lard or vegetarian white fat (eg Trex)
3oz butter or margarine
pinch of salt
cold water to mix

Sift the flour and salt into a bowl and rub the fats into it until the mixture resembles fine breadcrumbs. Add cold water a tablespoonat a time to mix to a dough that leaves the bowl clean. Leave the pastry to rest in a polythene bag in the fridge for 20-30 minutes and then roll out thinly.


this is her recipe for using with mince pies but I'm sure that it will be as good for jam tarts.

I have used the recipe with all marg but you have to be extra careful with the rubbing in not to let it get all gooey.

meritaten

you can make all butter pastry or a mix of butter and lard or use margerine - but the golden rule is half fat to flour, sift both together and add a good pinch of salt. either use the food processor to mix or rub together with fingertips until it looks like coarse breadcrumbs. use just enough COLD water to bind. I usually just roll it straight out. some swear by wrapping in cling film and leaving in the fridge.
I personally prefer to use half butter half lard and if using tub margerine i tend to use about half ounce less than usual. otherwise it seems to go greasy.

FatVonD

I do the same as Meritaten, half fat to flour. I've always loved to eat raw pastry (I would eat the trimmings from the pie top when I was a child) so mine doesn't doesn't always make quite as many jam tarts as it should!

lindos90

The BEST pastry Ive ever made is with trex, ive never been good with pasrty but this tastes fantastic..theres a whole thread about it!

It is very short, so is not easy to roll (can stick easily) I roll mine out on a lint free tea towel, never fails..

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/316377

zippychick

how did you get on? ive megred this with our jam tarts thread

we also have a pastry thread and a thread on pastry for mince pies (im sure it could be used for jam tarts!)

Zip