Delicious Maple Walnut Tart At Home.

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  • Total time: minutes

Enjoy Delicious REAL Bread without Worrying about Your Health, Your Blood Sugar... or Your Waistline!

INGREDIENTS:

SERVES 8
  • 3 eggs
  • Pinch of salt
  • 50g/2oz/ ¼ cup caster (superfine) sugar
  • 50g/2oz/¼ cup butter or margarine, melted
  • 250ml/8fl oz/1 cup pure maple syrup
  • 115g/4oz/1 cup chopped walnuts
  • Whipped cream, for decorating
FOR THE PASTRY
  • 65g/2½oz/9 tablespoon plain (all-purpose) flour
  • 65g/2½oz/9 tablespoon wholemeal (whole-wheat) flour
  • Pinch of salt
  • 50g/2oz/¼ cup cold butter, cut in pieces
  • 40g/1½oz/3 tablespoon cold white vegetable fat (shortening), cut in pieces
  • 1 egg yolk
  • 30-45ml/2-3 tablespoon iced water

STEPS:

  1. For the pastry, mix the flours and salt in a bowl. Add the butter and fat and cut in with a pastry blender until the mixture resembles coarse breadcrumbs. With a fork, stir in the egg yolk and just enough water to bind the pastry. Form into a ball.
  2. Wrap in baking parchment and chill for 20 minutes.
  3. Preheat oven to 220°C/425°F/Gas 7.
  4. On a lightly floured surface, roll out the pastry about 3mm/⅛in thick and transfer to a 23cm/9in pie dish. Trim the edge. To decorate, roll out the trimmings. With a small heart shaped cutter, stamp out enough hearts to go around the rim of the pie. Brush the edge with water, then arrange the pastry hearts all around.
  5. Prick the bottom with a fork. Line with crumpled baking parchment and fill with baking beans. Bake for 10 minutes. Remove the paper and beans and continue baking until golden brown, 3–6 minutes more.
  6. In a bowl, whisk the eggs, salt and sugar together. Stir in the butter and maple syrup.
  7. Set the pastry case (pie shell) on a baking sheet. Pour in the filling, then sprinkle the nuts over the top.
  8. Bake until just set, about 35 minutes. Cool on a rack. Decorate with whipped cream, if you like.