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Barberry Tart

A tart made with barberries, sugar, and water, baked in a pie crust.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 4 ingredients
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Barberry Tart

Ingredients

Directions

The book gives no oven temperature. The 350°F (175°C) in the steps was added when the recipe was transcribed, as a starting point.

Prepare

  1. Preheat the oven to 350°F (175°C).

Assemble

  1. In a dish lined with pie crust, layer the barberries and sugar in alternate layers.

  2. Pour the water over the layers.

  3. Cover with another layer of pie crust or leave it uncovered.

Bake

  1. Bake for 30 minutes.

Recipe from a historical cookbook (Internet Archive).

Transcribed from a scanned cookbook and modernised for today's kitchens. Where the book gave no heat or time, or said "a moderate oven", the temperatures and times here may be modern equivalents rather than the book's own figures.

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What each ingredient does

Barberries
Provide the tart, fruity flavor that forms the filling.
Fine brown sugar
Sweetens the barberries and helps draw out their juices.
Water
Adds moisture to the layered filling so it cooks through.

“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.

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