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Nutrition Facts
Serving Size 1 (114g) Recipe makes 6 servings
Calories 448
Calories from Fat 197		(44%)
Amount Per Serving		%DV
	Total Fat 21.9g	33%
	Saturated Fat 7.7g	38%
	Monounsaturated Fat 7.5g
	Polyunsaturated Fat 5.4g
	Trans Fat 0.0g
Cholesterol 53mg		17%
Sodium 251mg		10%
Potassium 274mg		7%
Total Carbohydrate 61.5g		20%
	Dietary Fiber 3.5g	13%
	Sugars 29.6g
Protein 4.5g		8%
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Scottish Border Tart

Recipe #364663 | 45 min | 15 min prep | add private note

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By: Chef Fiona26
Apr 5, 2009

Sweet and fruity. Reminds me of my visits to my grandmother when I was younger. She used to make this every time we visited.

SERVES 6 , 1 tart (change servings and units)

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

For the Topping

110 g icing sugar
1 tablespoon lemon juice

Directions

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.

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From: Frugal Fifer

On Sep 29, 2009

Made this for Virtual Culinary Cruise: The British Isles and Ireland 2009 for the Scottish leg. My Mum makes border tart but it is not the same as this one. I really like the size of the recipe as often the ones you see are for a larger tin - I used a rectangular one. The nuts and cherries are a lovely addition and as Tea Jenny said the lemon icing is lovely on the top. The only thing I will say is watch this in the oven, mine cooked fairly quickly- maybe my oven, but safer to watch than have bitter fruit. Thanks for posting. It was a pleasure to make.

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From: Tea Jenny

On Apr 7, 2009

Hi Fiona, I have made a similar tart to this but I think your Grandmothers is better, the one I make just has currants. The nuts and the cherries make a nice wee change. It's very sweet but sometimes you need a hit of sweetness to get you through the day. I liked the lemon juice in the icing sugar I use water this is much better. Hope to see more of your recipes on zaar. Thank you for a keeper. Made for PAC spring 2009.

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