Caribbean Bakewell Tart Recipe

Name: Caribbean Bakewell Tart
Prep time: 25 min
Cook time: 85 min
Total time: 85 min
Cuisine: Jamaican
Ingredients: 150 grams butter; 130 grams caster sugar; 100 ml crème fraiche; 3 whole egg; 10 grams flaked almonds; 75 grams ground almonds; 10 grams icing sugar; 2 whole lime; 3 tbsp lime marmalade; 150 grams plain flour; 1 tbsp rum; salt (to taste); 15 ml water

75 Minutes

Serves: 6

A delicious Caribbean tart based in the traditional bakewell tart recipe, a crispy short crust tart with a lime marmalade base and an almond frangipane flavoured with lime and rum and topped with slivers of almonds. Our Caribbean dessert is served with a large dollop of crème fraiche

Recipe Ingreds

Pastry

50 grams butter
100 grams plain flour
30 grams caster sugar
1 whole egg
salt (to taste)
15 ml water

Tart

10 grams flaked almonds
100 grams butter
2 whole egg
75 grams ground almonds
2 whole lime
3 tbsp lime marmalade
50 grams plain flour
1 tbsp rum
100 grams caster sugar
10 grams icing sugar
100 ml crème fraiche

Recipe with pictures Steps

Step 1

sieve together the flour and salt into a bowl
cut the butter into cubes
separate the yolk and white of the egg(s) into two small bowls

Step 2

mix the water into the egg yolk
add the sugar to the egg yolk
mix together, set a side
add the butter to the flour
blend until the contents forms a crumb, by hand or using a food processor

Step 3

if using a food processor empty the contents of the food processor into a large bowl
add the egg mixture
mix using a few swift movements
form a ball and flatten
place the pastry ball in a plastic bag
place in the fridge to cool

Step 4

lightly dust a clean work surface with flour
roll out the pastry into a circle to fit the flan dishes
fit pastry into flan dish
trim the pastry to fit the flan dish
prick the pastry cases
place in the fridge to cool
for 15 minutes
set the oven to 200C 400F or gas mark 6

Step 5

bake the pastry blind by covering the pastry with grease proof paper and baking beans
place in the oven
bake for 8 to 10 mins
remove from the oven

Step 6

set the oven to 190C 375F or gas mark 5
remove the beans and paper
paint the pastry base with egg white
return to the oven
bake for 8 to 10 mins
till golden brown
remove from the oven
set a side

Step 7

zest the lime(s)
sieve the flour
beat the egg(s)

Step 8

cream together the butter and sugar in a bowl
add the eggs a bit at a time
fold in the ground almonds
fold in the flour
add the rum
add the zest

Step 9

spread the base of the flan with marmalade
add the almond egg mixture
sprinkle the flaked almonds on the top
cook for 30 mins
until golden brown
remove from the oven
Cool
Dust with icing sugar

Step 10

place the tart on the plate
with some creme fraiche

Recipe Utensils

1 baking beans
1 chopping board
1 flan dish
1 food mixer
1 food processor
1 grater
1 grease proof paper
1 large knife
1 medium bowl
1 medium bowl
1 pastry brush
1 plastic bags
1 rolling pin
1 sieve
1 sieve
3 small bowl

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How to make Caribbean Bakewell tart

This traditional pudding has been re invented to make a delicious Caribbean dessert, the jam for the base has been replaced with a lime marmalade, and the frangipane topping has been flavoured with rum and lime giving the dish a real Caribbean feel. To make this recipe blind baked a shortcrust pastry tart shell, line the base with a thick layer of lime marmalade. Make a frangipane by creaming together the butter and sugar adding the eggs, ground almonds and flour and finally the rum and lime zest for flavour. The frangipane is placed into the tart shell, and sprinkled with sliced almonds. The tart is baked till golden brown. We serve our Caribbean Bakewell with a large dollop of creme fraiche.

When to cook lime and rum Bakewell

This recipe is suitable all year round and is a delicious dish for a dinner party, you can also make individual tarts and include them in a cream tea platter

The perfect Caribbean dessert for your dinner party dessert

This Caribbean Bakewell makes the perfect dessert you can use it for a themed Caribbean dinner party menu or create individual Bakewell tarts for a themed tea party. serve his dish with a large dollop of creme fraiche.

What to serve with this Caribbean dessert?

We serve this dish with crème fraiche but you could serve it with

A lime flavoured whipped cream
A rum flavoured ice cream
A vanilla ice cream

Bakewell tart variations

It is easy to create different versions of a Bakewell tart by changing the jam on the base and adding different flavours to the frangipane choose fruits that go well with almonds such as

Raspberry jam base, decorate the frangipane top with white chocolate instead of almond slices
Plum jam base and add orange to the frangipane

What makes our Bakewell tart the best

The combination of lime and rum make an ideal combination to give the flavours of the Caribbean to this traditional dish. The star of the dish is the lime marmalade base.

What is a Bakewell tart?

Bakewell tart is a variation on Bakewell pudding and originates in England, from the specific area of Bakewell in Derbyshire. A Bakewell tart is a short crust pastry tart with a jam base a frangipane topping and then topped with almond slices. The cherry Bakewell is slightly different as instead of a sliced almond topping, it has a almond flavoured icing and is topped with a single glace cherry

Other dessert tart recipes

French lemon Tart

Apple and vanilla custard tart

Strawberry Mascarpone Tart with Chocolate Pastry

Chocolate Cherry Pie

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