Scottish Border Tart

Total Time: 45 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• 225 g shortcrust pastry
• 140 g mixed dried fruit
• 50 g butter
• 50 g dark brown sugar
• 25 g walnuts, chopped
• 25 g glace cherries, chopped
• 1 egg, beaten
• 110 g icing sugar
• 1 tablespoon lemon juice

Recipe

• 1 pre-heat oven to 190°c, 375°f.
• 2 lightly grease a 7 inch baking tin.
• 3 roll out the pastry and line the baking tin.
• 4 gently melt the butter and sugar together in a pan.
• 5 leave to cool and then add the dried fruit, walnuts and cherries.
• 6 stir in the beaten egg.
• 7 place the mixture in the pastry-lined baking tin.
• 8 cook in oven for 25 to 30 minutes or until pastry is lightly browned.
• 9 allow to cool.
• 10 mix together the icing sugar and lemon juice and spread over the tart.
• 11 allow to set before serving.