Summer is just around the corner so many people are looking forward to planning picnics – and can impress loved ones with these easy but tasty jam tarts.
Jamie Oliver’s homemade jam tarts take roughly 10 minutes to make before placing them in the oven to cook for about 15 minutes.
Jam tarts are a classic British sweet treat and this recipe will be popular with everyone at not just picnics, but barbecues, afternoon tea or any other summer event you throw this year.
In his cookbook ‘Jamie’s Great Britain’ the chef wrote: “Jam tarts are definitely a part of my childhood. They are humble, cheap to make and such a pretty little treat.
“It’s funny how simple pastry with a blob of jam can turn into something so exciting, with chewy bits, bubbling bits, crunchy bits and jammy jelly bits.”
Method
Preheat the oven to 180C, 350F or Gas Mark 4.
Place the flour, sugar and butter into a food processor and blitz until the mixture resembles breadcrumbs. Crack an egg, grate orange or lemon zest into the mixture and blitz again. Add a splash of milk to bring it together if needed.
Dust a clean surface and rolling pin with flour and roll out the pastry so it is half a centimetre thick.
Use a biscuit cutter a little bigger than the holes in your cupcake tray to cut out rounds of pastry and push them into the cupcake tray holes. Any leftover pastry can be rolled out to make more tarts.
Put one heaped teaspoon of jam into each tart, and then place in the oven. Bake for around 12 to 15 minutes until the pastry is golden and the filling is bubbling.
Remove from the oven and leave in the tray for a little while to firm slightly. Then transfer to a wire rack and leave to cool for a few minutes before serving.
