Dessert

Traditional Golden Treacle Tart with Fresh Breadcrumbs

Prep30 min
Cook50 min
Total80 min
Serves8
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Method

Make it happen

  1. 01

    Make sweet pastry by rubbing flour and butter into crumbs and mixing in icing sugar, yolk and water; chill 20 minutes.

  2. 02

    Heat oven to 180°C fan. Roll pastry into a 23 cm tart tin, prick base, blind-bake 15 minutes with beans then 5 minutes without.

  3. 03

    Gently warm golden syrup, remove from heat and mix with fresh breadcrumbs, lemon zest and juice. Spoon mixture into the shell.

  4. 04

    Bake at 170°C fan for 25–30 minutes until filling looks set. Rest until just warm before cutting.