Traditional BAKEWELL Tart DERBYSHIRE UK

butter

🥗Healthier: coconut oil

💰Cheaper: margarine

Coconut oil provides a dairy-free option while margarine is often less expensive.

ground almonds

🥗Healthier: almond flour

💰Cheaper: sunflower seed flour

Sunflower seed flour is a nut-free alternative that can be cheaper.

powdered sugar

🥗Healthier: coconut sugar

💰Cheaper: granulated sugar

Coconut sugar is less processed, while granulated sugar is typically cheaper.

raspberry jam

🥗Healthier: fruit preserves

💰Cheaper: store-brand jam

Store-brand jam can be a cost-effective alternative.

Make pastry by mixing shortening and butter with a pinch of salt using fingers until breadcrumb consistency is achieved.

In a bowl, combine water and apple cider vinegar, then crack in 1 egg and beat it.

Add the beaten egg to the flour mixture and mix with a fork, then use hands to bring the dough together.

Split the dough in two; freeze one half or refrigerate for later use.

Roll out the dough to fit a 9-inch tart tin, then press it into the tin and dock the bottom with a fork.

Line the pastry with parchment paper and fill with baking beads, then blind bake in a preheated air fryer at 180°C for 15 minutes.

Remove the baking beads and parchment, then return the tart shell to the air fryer for an additional 5 minutes.

For the filling, cream together butter and sugar in a small bowl.

Add all eggs at once to the butter and sugar mixture, then mix in self-raising flour and a pinch of salt.

Add ground almonds and almond extract, then blend until combined.

Spread a layer of raspberry or strawberry jam on the cooled tart shell.

Pour the filling mixture over the jam layer and top with sliced almonds in a decorative pattern.

Bake in the air fryer at 160°C for 30 minutes, then reduce to 140°C if browning too quickly.

Check doneness with a skewer; if it comes out clean, remove from the air fryer.

Dust the top with icing sugar for decoration before serving.

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