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Yorkshire Tart

Ingredients & Directions


4 oz Flour 1/2 ts Lemon zest
1 pn Salt 3 1/2 oz Butter
1 1/2 oz Caster sugar 1 ea Egg yolk

YORKSHIRE TART

PASTRY:

Mix dry and cut in butter. Quickly work in yolk. Chill. Butter 8 1/2
inch flan and line with rolled and rested pastry. Chill.

FILLING:

4 oz butter 2 oz caster sugar 1 ts lemon zest 2 ea eggs, separated 9
oz curd cheese, sieved or 1/2 cottage cheese & 1/2 cream cheese 4 oz
raisinspinch salt 1/2 ts nutmeg 1 tb almonds; grated

Cream butter and sugar. Add zest, cheese, yolks and raisins.
Separately whisk whites until firm and fold into mixture. Scatter
grated almonds over pastry and pour in filling. Bake at 400 for 15
min.; then 325 for 15 min. cool on rack.


Yields
6 servings