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Christmas tart
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Serves 6 - 8
Easy
Prep: 10 mins
Cook: 30 mins
plus soaking
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Fill a shop-bought tart case with brandy-soaked dried fruit and two types of almond for an effortless festive dessert, best eaten with brandy butter
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If you don’t like mincemeat or dried fruit, you can use well-drained cherries or other Christmassy fruits from a jar.
Christmas tart recipe
Ingredients
Nutrition
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4 tbsp ground almonds
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1 sweet tart case
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125g white marzipan
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200g mixed dried fruit soaked in 2 tbsp of brandy or rum
or use a jar of mincemeat
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25g flaked almonds
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flavoured cream or brandy butter
to serve
Nutrition: per serving
- kcal338
- fat15.5g
- saturates3.1g
- carbs40.6g
- sugars29.5g
- fibre1.7g
- protein6.1g
- salt0.3g
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Method
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step 1
Sprinkle 2 tbsp of ground almonds over the base of the sweet tart case. Grate in 75g of white marzipan. Spoon over the mixed dried fruit or mincemeat. Sprinkle on 2 more tbsp of ground almonds and grate over another 50g of marzipan. Sprinkle over 25g of flaked almonds.
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step 2
Bake at 180C/160C fan/gas 4 for 20-30 mins or until the almonds are browned and the fruit is plump – be careful not to burn the fruit. Serve with flavoured cream or brandy butter.
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