How to Make Jam Tarts

You will need:

200g Plain Flour

1 tbsp Caster Sugar

125g Butter

1 Egg

1 tbsp Water

150g Jam

Method:

1. Firstly we will make the pastry. In a bowl, mix together your flour and sugar. Then mix in the butter with the tips of your fingers until it resembles breadcrumbs.

2. Then add the pre beaten egg and mix. As the mixture comes together as a dough you may need to add water to help bring it together, only add a little bit at a time. Then chill in the fridge for about an hour.

3. The on a pre-floured work surface, roll your pastry out. You want to have a thickness of about half a cm.

4. Then prepare your fairy cake tray by flouring it.

5. Then cut out your pastry using a circle cutter that is slightly bigger than your fairy cake tray and line each hole in your tray with them.

6. Then spoon a teaspoon of jam into each case.

7. In a pre heated oven at Gas Mark 6, 200C, 180 Fan bake for 10 to 12 minutes.