| Ecclefechan Butter Tart |
| ingredients: |
2
Beaten eggs
6oz (200 gms or just under one
US cup) soft brown sugar
1 tbsp vinegar
8oz (250 gms or One and a quarter
US cups) mixed dried fruit
2oz (50 gms) chopped walnuts
Prepared shortcrust pastry
4oz (125 gms or one stick) melted
butter |
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| method: |
Mix the sugar, butter and
beaten eggs together. Stir in
the vinegar, then add mixedfiruit
and nuts. Line patty tins with
pastry and put a spoonful of
the mixture into each. Bake
in a fairly hot oven (190C/375F/Gas
Mark 5) for 20-25 minutes.
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| When
travel writer Bruce Stannard from Scots
Heritage Magazine was staying at Coul
House Hotel he was so impressed by the
Ecclefechan Butter Tart that he asked
for the recipe. Here it is. As for Ecclefechan,
that's a small town in Dunfries and
Galloway where the influential philosopher
and historian Thomas Carlyle was born. |
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