Pies And Tarts Recipes - Strawberry Tart

Ingredients

• 350g/12oz rough-puff or puff pastry

• 225g/1 cup cram cheese

• grated rind of 1/2 orange

• 30ml/2 tbsp orange liqueur or juice

• 45-60ml/3-5 tbsp icing sugar, plus extra for dusting (optional)

• 450g/4 cups ripe strawberries, hulled

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Method:

1. Preheat the oven to 200'C/400'F/Gas 6. Roll out the pastry to about a 3mm/1/8in thickness and use to line a 28 x 10cm/11 x 4in rectangular flan tin. Trim the edges, then chill for 30 minutes.

2. Prick the base of the pastry all over. Line with foil, fill with baking beans and bake for 15 minutes. Remove the foil and beans and bake for 10 minutes, until the pastry is browned. Gently press down on the pastry base to deflate, then leave to cool on a wire rack.

3. Beat together the cheese, orange rind, liqueur or orange juice and icing sugar to taste. Spread the cheese filling in the pastry case. Halve the strawberries and arrange them on top of the filling. Dust with icing sugar, if you like.