BUTTERSCOTCH TART or GYPSY TART

BUTTERSCOTCH TART or GYPSY TART

This amount makes one 7" tart.

½lb shortcrust pastry

3oz demerara sugar

3oz margarine

¾ oz plain flour

½ oz dried milk powder eg Marvel made up to a paste with a little water.

Line the tin with the pastry and bake blind.

Melt the margarine in a saucepan over a low heat.  Add sugar, stir, add the milk paste and sieve in the flour.  Cook for about 5 mins until it thickens.  Pour into the pastry case and leave to cool.

BUTTERSCOTCH TART FILLING

1 cup milk

1 tbsp honey

1 tsp vanilla

½ cup sugar

2 tbsp butter

1 tbsp custard powder

Put all the ingredients into a saucepan.  Bring to the boil, stirring until thickened.  Pour into pastry case and leave to cool.