Manchester tart
{{Short description|Custard filled tart}}
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| image = Manchester tart.jpg
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| place_of_origin = England
| region = Manchester
| creator = Mrs Beeton
| type = Tart
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| main_ingredient = Shortcrust pastry, raspberry jam, custard, flaked coconut, Maraschino cherry
| variations = lemon-flavoured custard
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Manchester tart is a traditional English baked tart consisting of a shortcrust pastry shell spread with raspberry jam, covered with a custard filling and topped with flakes of coconut and a Maraschino cherry. A common variation has a layer of thinly-sliced bananas under the custard.{{cite web|url=http://www.manchester2002-uk.com/eat&drink/local-dishes.html|title=Regional Dishes of North-West England – Virtual Encyclopaedia of Greater Manchester|website=Manchester2002-uk.com|accessdate=6 January 2018|url-status=usurped|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140105092023/http://www.manchester2002-uk.com/eat%26drink/local-dishes.html|archivedate=5 January 2014}}
History
The recipe for Manchester tart was first published in The Book of Household Management by Mrs Beeton under the name Manchester Pudding. The recipe consisted of puff pastry with a layer of jam and custard poured on top, topped with a sprinkling of sugar.{{cite book |last1=Beeton |first1=Isabelle |title=The Book of Household Management |date=1861 |url=https://www.gutenberg.org/files/10136/10136-8.txt |access-date=3 August 2024}}
In the 1970s and 1980s, Manchester tart was regularly served in the UK as a sweet for school dinners.{{cite web |last1=O'Sullivan |first1=Eve |title=The tart-maker who bakes with mother |url=https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2014/mar/08/manchester-tart-company-behind-the-scenes |website=The Guardian |access-date=3 August 2024 |date=8 March 2014}}{{cite web |last1=Grimsditch |first1=Lee |title=The delicious sweet and savoury delicacies and treats Mancs will remember from their childhoods |url=https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/nostalgia/delicious-sweet-savoury-delicacies-treats-27586035 |website=Manchester Evening News |access-date=3 August 2024 |date=28 August 2023}} The tarts usually contained coconut and a cherry, and sometimes also a layer of chopped banana between the custard and the jam.{{cite web |title=Childhood school dinner treat loved by Mancunians... but with a controversial ingredient |website=Manchester Evening News |url=https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/nostalgia/childhood-school-dinner-treat-loved-27057498 |access-date=3 August 2024 |date=6 June 2023}}
See also
- Custard tart
- List of custard desserts
- List of pies, tarts and flans
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References
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External links
- [https://www.foodsofengland.info/manchestertart.html Manchester Tart] – History at Foods of England
- [https://ilovemanchester.com/in-search-of-the-secret-recipe-for-a-proper-manchester-tart/ A Proper Manchester Tart]
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