A staple on school dinner menus until the mid-1980s, manchester tart is a variation on an earlier recipe by the victorian cookery writer mrs beeton. If you prefer, you can use a 500g block of dessert Ò€¦ Manchester tart is a traditional english baked tart consisting of a shortcrust pastry shell spread with raspberry jam, covered with a custard filling and topped with flakes of coconut and a maraschino cherry.

Fresh raspberries elevate it to a dinner party pudding. This traditional manchester tart recipe is given a makeover by marcus wareing, with caramelised bananas layered over the usual jam filling. If you are making your own pastry dough, aerate the flour by sifting it together with the salt and sugar into a large bowl. Add butter in pieces and rub it in with your fingertips until you reach a ItÒ€ℒs a memory in layers: Jam, custard, coconut, all wrapped up in pastry and love. Tip the flour into a mixing bowl and rub in the cold butter with your fingertips until it looks like breadcrumbs.

ItÒ€ℒs a memory in layers: Jam, custard, coconut, all wrapped up in pastry and love. Tip the flour into a mixing bowl and rub in the cold butter with your fingertips until it looks like breadcrumbs. Add the egg Ò€¦ Give this manchester tart recipe a go. Find more recipes and food ideas over at tesco real food.

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