Maids of Honour
Small puff pastry tarts with a spoonful of raspberry jam and a lemony ricotta and almond filling.
Photograph credit: Maids of Honour Cakes by Amanda Slater · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons · this resized copy is shared under the same licence
How to Make Maids of Honour
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Heat the oven to 200°C / 390°F and grease a 12-hole tart tin. Cut 12 rounds from the pastry and press them into the tin.
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Put half a teaspoon of jam in each case.
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Beat the ricotta with the ground almonds, caster sugar, egg and lemon zest. Spoon into the cases to two-thirds full.
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Bake for 25 minutes until risen and deep gold. Cool for 5 minutes and dust with the icing sugar.
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Notes for Getting It Right
- Drain the ricotta.
- Do not overfill the cases.
- If your oven runs hot, check at 20 minutes.
- Eat the same day.
What Goes With Maids of Honour
- Hot tea
- Strong coffee
- Fresh raspberries
- Cold milk
Keeping and Reheating
Best on the day. Keeps in an airtight tin for 2 days.
Maids of Honour Nutrition Facts
Per serving, calculated from the ingredient list with USDA FoodData Central figures (SR Legacy). A calculation, not a laboratory analysis: brands, cuts and how you measure change the real numbers. How the figures are worked out.
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