Manchester Tart 1913 by request.

I have had requests for the Manchester Tart recipe that I put on my Grandmas Yorkshire Pudding 1911 recipe to be moved. Some were downright amusing as to what has Manchester got to do with Yorkshire!
So to please the purists here it is on its own little file!
Manchester Tart (Nanny Muir), 1913.

Make a small amount of shortcrust pastry with 1 1/2 ozs fat/butter and 3oz plain flour and tiny pinch of salt .
Cover a 8 inch well greased pie plate with the pastry . Put in fridge until filling is ready.

FILLING
3 rounded tablespoons lemon curd, used to be home made, but if you have to, use shop bought.
3ozs butter at room temperature
4ozs self raising flour
3ozs castor sugar, or fine or confectionery sugar as you call it.
1 Large egg beaten lightly
1oz ground almonds
The grated zest and juice of 1 lemon
1 oz toasted almond flakes, or to taste.

Over pastry base spread the lemon curd . Now cream butter and sugar together till pale and fluffy
then gradually beat in the egg a teaspoonful at a time. Carefully FOLD IN the flour and ground almonds followed by lemon juice and grated zest. now spread this mixture over lemond curd in base and sprinkle
the toasted flaked almonds all over top. Place pie dish on a baking sheet in centre of oven for 15 minutes in a preheated oven at Gas mark 6, 200C (fan) Now reduce heat to gas mark 2 150C for 25-30 minutes.
Can be served hot or cold with double cream or clotted cream.
I yet again had to put the oven things on.
It is rather difficult looking at something in my Grandmas handwriting, from 1913 in her diary and converting it to modern day, then to convert it into something people will hopefully understand.
Most women were not taught to read and write, in them days.
Even in the 1890's a woman who could read and write, was not considered normal, in the lower classes.
I do hope you enjoy this wonderful thing, as far as I know it has never been known or indeed published before.
Good luck, anything else I can do for you, apart from the best scone recipe in the World, as I have put that up so many times, I will try!
Regards from England.
Neil
Use good lemons!