This recipe is a twist on the traditional Yorkshire teatime curd tart classic with the addition of golden raisin purée and boozy prune ice cream.

  • 1 hour + overnight
  • 4
  • Medium

Ingredients

  • For the curd mixture
  • 90g soft brown sugar
  • 5g all spice
  • 3 eggs, beaten
  • Zest and juice of 1 lemon
  • 40g melted butter
  • 450g curd
  • 75g raisins
  • For the pastry
  • 225g plain flour
  • 115g diced butter
  • 1 egg yolk
  • 15-30ml chilled water
  • For the ice cream
  • 100g pitted prunes
  • 200ml brandy
  • 60g sugar
  • 8 egg yolks
  • 150g caster sugar
  • 300ml cream
  • For the purée
  • 500g golden raisins
  • 50ml mead
  • 100ml Verjuice or grape juice
  • 150g sugar

Method

For the curd mixture

Combine all the curd mixture ingredients in a mixer for about 10 minutes.

For the pastry, rub the butter into the flour until the mixture resembles breadcrumbs.

Add the egg yolk and mix to a soft dough. Add water, if necessary.

Roll the pastry out and line four 10cm tartlette cases, making sure your tins have been greased or they are nonstick.

Chill in the fridge for about 10 minutes. Remove from fridge, fill each case with the curd mixture and bake in a moderate oven at 190C/Gas Mark 5 for 20 minutes, or until golden brown.

For the ice cream

Heat the brandy up in a pan with the sugar and allow the sugar to melt. Pour over the pitted prunes and leave them in the fridge overnight to marinate.

Remove the prunes the next day and allow to drain a little. To make the custard, heat the cream up in a saucepan.

Beat the yolks and the sugar together. When the cream is warm, pour a little over the yolks and stir well.

Pour the yolk mixture back into the cream, then strain.

Chop the prunes and add them to the custard. Pour into an ice-cream machine and churn until ready.

For the purée

Place all ingredients into a saucepan and allow to simmer until the liquid takes on a syrupy consistency.

Strain off the liquid and retain. Purée the raisins until smooth. If the mixture is too dry, add back the liquid saved from cooking to achieve the required consistency.

Serve slightly warm to give a nice contrast with the ice cream.

Place the tartlet in the centre of the plate with a generous spoonful of the purée on the top. Serve with a scoop of the ice cream.

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