Jam Tarts

Ingredients (Serves 6):

• 110g plain flour

• 50g unsalted butter, chilled, cut into small pieces

• 1 cup Beerenberg Jam

  (use Strawberry, Raspberry, Blackberry, Apricot or Mango or your choice)

• Icing sugar to dust

Method:

1. Preheat oven to 180C.

2. Sift flour into a bowl and add a pinch of salt.

3. Rub in butter until it resembles fine breadcrumbs.

4. Add 1 tablespoon of very cold water and mix together with a fork, continue adding cold water until the mixture forms a smooth ball.

5. Wrap in plastic wrap and refrigerate for 30 minutes.

6. Roll out on a lightly floured surface and use a pastry cutter to cut out 6 circles.

7. Grease six 6 cm fluted tart pans and line the pans with pastry and refrigerate for a further 10 minutes.

8. Line the pastry shells with baking paper and fill with rice or pastry weights.

9. Bake for 10 minutes.

10. Remove the paper and weights and fill the tarts with Beerenberg jam of your choice.

11. Cut out a pastry heart and place in centre of each tart.

12. Bake for a further 8 minutes.

13. Allow to cool before dusting with icing sugar.