Saffron and Bay Custard Tarts with Sticky Blackberries - Great British Chefs

Saffron and Bay Custard Tarts with Sticky Blackberries - Great British Chefs

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This beautiful, blackberry-speckled custard tart from Ben Tish is a great way to shake up an English staple. The ma’amoul-inspired tart base is infused with orange blossom water and mahlab.

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Ingredients

  • olive oil, for greasing the tin
  • 1 large free-range egg, beaten, for an egg wash
  • 200g of plain flour
  • 65g of icing sugar
  • 50g of fine semolina
  • 200g of unsalted butter, chopped
  • 1 tbsp of orange blossom water
  • 1 tsp mahlab, ground cherry kernels
  • 100ml of pomegranate juice
  • 25g of caster sugar
  • 3 black peppercorns
  • 1 cinnamon stick
  • 1/2 unwaxed orange, zest grated
  • 200g of blackberries
  • 300ml of double cream
  • 4 fresh bay leaves
  • 1 pinch of saffron threads
  • 3 large free-range egg yolks, and 1 large free-range egg, beaten together
  • 2 tbsp of caster sugar

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