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Other Kind of Preserve

A puff pastry tart filled with jam, topped with baked pastry stars or leaves.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 2 ingredients
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Other Kind of Preserve

Oven, in the book's wordsA brisk oven

Ingredients

Directions

The book says “a brisk oven”. The 400°F (200°C) in the steps is the modern equivalent, not the book's own figure.

Prepare

  1. Butter a tart pan.

  2. Roll out the paste to ¼ inch thick and line the pan.

  3. Prick a few holes in the bottom with a fork to prevent rising.

Bake

  1. Bake the tart in a 400°F (200°C) oven for 10 to 15 minutes.

Fill and decorate

  1. Let the paste cool slightly, then fill it with jam.

  2. Cut out stars or leaves from the remaining paste, bake them, and place on top of the tart.

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.

Explore the science

What each ingredient does

Puff paste trimmings
Layers of fat and dough separate and puff in the oven, giving a flaky, crisp base.
Jam
Adds sweetness and fruit flavour, filling the tart as the main flavour.

The step that matters

Prick the base before baking. Pricking lets steam escape from the pastry. Without it, trapped air and steam can lift the base unevenly, so the tart puffs and warps instead of baking flat.

“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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