Name: Free-form cherry hazelnut tarts
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 35 min
Yield: 4
Ingredients: 2 sheets frozen shortcut pastry, thawed; 60 gram butter, at room temperature; 1/3 cup brown sugar, plus extra to sprinkle; 1 egg; 1 cup hazelnut meal; 2 tablespoon plain flour; 425 gram can cherries, drained or 1 cup frozen cherries; custard, to serve

Free-form cherry hazelnut tarts

The older kids will enjoy helping to prepare this simple nut and cherry tart ... hopefully as much as they will enjoy eating it!

Serves 4

Prep

15M

Cook

20M

Total

35M

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Ingredients

2 sheets frozen shortcut pastry, thawed

60 gram butter, at room temperature

1/3 cup brown sugar, plus extra to sprinkle

1 egg

1 cup hazelnut meal

2 tablespoon plain flour

425 gram can cherries, drained or 1 cup frozen cherries

custard, to serve

Method

1.Preheat oven to hot, 200°C. Line 2 oven trays with baking paper.

2.Cut 2 x 12cm rounds from each sheet of pastry (you will have 4 in total). Arrange 1 each on prepared tray. Chill until required.

3.In a bowl, beat butter until pale. Add sugar and continue beating until creamy. Mix in egg, then fold in hazelnut meal and flour.

4.Put a quarter of the hazelnut mixture in the middle of each pastry round, leaving 2cm of pastry around the edge. Arrange cherries on top. Fold up the pastry so it encases but doesn’t cover the filling.

5.Bake for 15-20 minutes or until the pastry is golden and the filling is firm. Serve drizzled with custard.

You can make your own hazelnut meal in a food processor or blender. You can also use almond meal in this recipe.
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