Gypsy Tart - Originates from the Isle of Sheppey in Kent - Another back-in-time recipe from my school days - ideal if you have a sweet tooth!!
Pre-heat your oven to Gas mark 6, 180ºC.
Mix the flour and margarine together in a mixing bowl until light and crumbly. Add sufficient water to allow the pastry to bind together.
Roll out the pastry and line a 6 inch fluted dish with the paste.
The pastry has to be cooked blind.
Cut a circle of greaseproof paper and place it on top of the pastry and fill the paper with baking beans to keep the paper and pastry in place whilst cooking.
Place the dish in the oven and bake for 15 minutes.
Remove from the oven, remove the paper liner and baking beans, and allow the pastry to cool.
Put the muscovado sugar in a mixing bowl and gradually add the evaporated milk, with a slow whisk.
When the ingredients are mixed together, turn up the whisk to full speed and continue mixing for a further 15 minutes.
The mixture needs to have a mousse like consistency. Before continuing, check that the mixture is fully mixed by tasting it. If it is not gritty it is ready to bake.
Correct your oven temperature to Gas mark 3, 150ºC.
Pour the mixture into the pastry case and cook in the oven for 5 minutes.
After 5 minutes check to see if it is cooked by giving it a little shake. If the mixture wobbles it needs a further 3 minutes. If not, turn off the oven and leave it inside to cool.
Ingredients
Directions
Pre-heat your oven to Gas mark 6, 180ºC.
Mix the flour and margarine together in a mixing bowl until light and crumbly. Add sufficient water to allow the pastry to bind together.
Roll out the pastry and line a 6 inch fluted dish with the paste.
The pastry has to be cooked blind.
Cut a circle of greaseproof paper and place it on top of the pastry and fill the paper with baking beans to keep the paper and pastry in place whilst cooking.
Place the dish in the oven and bake for 15 minutes.
Remove from the oven, remove the paper liner and baking beans, and allow the pastry to cool.
Put the muscovado sugar in a mixing bowl and gradually add the evaporated milk, with a slow whisk.
When the ingredients are mixed together, turn up the whisk to full speed and continue mixing for a further 15 minutes.
The mixture needs to have a mousse like consistency. Before continuing, check that the mixture is fully mixed by tasting it. If it is not gritty it is ready to bake.
Correct your oven temperature to Gas mark 3, 150ºC.
Pour the mixture into the pastry case and cook in the oven for 5 minutes.
After 5 minutes check to see if it is cooked by giving it a little shake. If the mixture wobbles it needs a further 3 minutes. If not, turn off the oven and leave it inside to cool.
I adored it at school
Dinners in Kent most of my friends didn’t so I had PLENTY 🤣
Thank you for your comment. Gypsy Tart was too sweet for me but my wife, Jane, loved it. She still does!!
Hi, we are A Taste of Britain and we are looking for a Baker to supply us with a robust Gypsy Tart or Cobnut Cake to include in our Kent food & snacks box for July, can anyone help please?
Nostalgia from a bygone age – magic
Indeed it is – thank you for your comment.