King St Treacle Tart
This tart is made with stale white breadcrumbs and treacle. It became a post-war favourite due to its humble cupboard-friendly ingredients.
SERVES
10
PEOPLE
Ingredients
For the tart shell:
1 x 25cm tart shell, prepared with short-crust pastry and chilled (see recipe)
For the short-crust pastry:
Makes 2 x 30.5cm tart shells
350g plain white flour
100g granulated sugar
Salt
225g unsalted butter, cut into 2.5cm cubes and chilled
3 large egg yolks
For the filling:
145g unsalted butter
900g Lyle’s Golden Syrup
100g heavy (whipping) cream
Salt
2 lemons
3 large eggs
150g fine breadcrumbs
To serve:
Cold cream
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