Manchester tart recipe

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Using a shop-bought pastry case makes this Manchester Tart so quick and easy. This old school pud has a layer of raspberry jam, sliced banana and homemade custard. Decorated with desiccated coconut and a cherry on top! You could absolutely make your own sweet shortcrust pastry for Manchester Tart. If you're so inclined check out

A traditional treat to take you back to your childhood.

A delicious British pudding, this Manchester tart is made with shortcrust pastry, jam and custard, then topped with coconut and cherries.

2602 · A staple on school dinner menus until the mid-1980s, Manchester tart is a variation on an earlier recipe by the Victorian cookery writer Mrs Beeton. If you prefer, you can use a 500g block of dessert shortcrust pastry

This tart was a great favorite in the Manchester area during the wartime era. Its origins go back to the 1800s when it was called a pudding, but because the recipe uses pastry dough, it became known as a tart.

Growing up in Manchester, a regular pudding at school was Manchester Tart. A traditional Manchester Tart is a shortcrust pastry case, topped with a layer of raspberry jam and bananas which is then covered in crème pâtissière and sprinkled with desiccated coconut.

Save time by using ready-made pastry and custard powder for this easy Manchester tart – it still has all the lovely flavours of this classic northern dessert

6 · 60 minutes · Debbie Major has scoured the British recipe archives in search of traditional recipes that are ripe for revival – and a place on our plates. Here’s a sweet northern favourite, a Manchester tart, that might take you straight back to your schooldays.

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