Bakewell Tart Oatmeal Porridge Low Fat Food

BAKEWELL TART

Steps:

• Heat the oven to 200C/180C fan/gas 6. To make the pastry, put the flour in a food processor along with the salt and icing sugar. Blitz to combine. Add the butter and pulse in short bursts until it's the texture of fine breadcrumbs. Mix 4 tbsp cold water with the beaten eggs and drizzle into the mixture, then quickly pulse to combine. Tip out the crumbly mixture onto a work surface, then form into a puck, cover and chill for 30 mins.
• Roll the pastry out on a lightly floured surface to around 25cm, and to the thickness of a £1 coin. Line a 20cm fluted tart tin with the pastry, leaving the pastry to overhang. Add a large disc of baking parchment big enough to cover the edges, and some baking beans to weigh it down (use dried rice or lentils if you don't have baking beans). Bake for 15 mins, then remove the parchment and beans and bake for a further 7-10 mins or until the bottom is evenly cooked. Trim off any overhanging pastry with a serrated knife.
• For the filling, beat the butter and sugar until combined. Add the ground almonds, almond extract and eggs and beat for a further minute. Spread the jam over the pastry, then top with the almond filling. Scatter over the flaked almonds and bake for 25-30 mins until golden and firm. Leave to cool in the tin (or eat warm at this stage and leave out step 4).
• Mix together the icing sugar and 1-2 tsp water and drizzle over the tart. Slice and serve with cream or custard, if you like.

NEXT LEVEL BAKEWELL TART

Steps:

• For the pastry, rub the butter into the flour and a pinch of salt in a mixing bowl with your fingers until crumbly. Mix in the egg yolks, sugar and vanilla until it forms a dough. Roll into a log, cover and chill for at least 1 hr or up to two days. Remove the pastry from the fridge and slice into rounds about 3mm thick. Use the rounds to cover a 20cm tart tin, then push them with your fingers so they completely cover the base and sides of the tin without any gaps and with a slight overhang. Chill or freeze the tart case for at least 1 hr.
• Heat the oven to 200C/180C fan/gas 6 and put a baking sheet inside to heat up. Prick the pastry case with a fork, then line with baking parchment, fill with baking beans and cook on the hot baking sheet for 20 mins. Lift off the paper and beans, then bake for 10-15 mins more until golden brown. Remove the tart case from the oven and leave to cool. Turn down the oven to 180C/160C fan/gas 4.
• Meanwhile, make the frangipane. Tip the almonds into a frying pan and toast over a medium heat until light brown. Tip all but 1 tbsp of the toasted almonds into a food processor with the rest of the frangipane ingredients and blitz to a paste, then set aside.
• To assemble, roll the marzipan out to a circle that fits the tart base and lay over the bottom. Spread the jam over the marzipan, then spread over the frangipane. Bake the tart for 45-50 mins until puffed up, golden and set with a very slight wobble. Trim any overhanging pastry and leave to cool.
• To make the drizzle, mix the icing sugar with the lemon juice in a bowl until you have a thick and drizzly icing. Carefully remove the tart from the tin, drizzle with the icing and scatter with the remaining almonds. Slice and serve with fresh raspberries and clotted cream, if you like.

LIGHTER BAKEWELL TART

Steps:

• Heat the oven to 200C/180C fan/gas 6. Thinly roll out the pastry on a lightly floured surface. Line a 20cm round x 4cm deep fluted flan tin with the pastry, easing it into the tin and the flutes carefully so you don't stretch it. Roll a rolling pin over the top of the tin to trim off any excess pastry. Prick the base lightly with a fork. Put the tin on a baking sheet.
• Line the pastry with foil and baking beans, and bake for 12 mins until the pastry is set. Meanwhile, to make the filling, heat a small, dry non-stick pan, tip in the ground almonds and gently heat, stirring often, for 2-3 mins to lightly brown. Transfer to a medium-sized mixing bowl to cool. Remove the foil and beans from the pastry case and bake for 5 mins more until pale golden. Remove and reduce the oven to 180C/160C fan/gas 4.
• Using a fork, roughly mash the raspberries in a small bowl with the jam, so they are still in small pieces and not completely mashed. Evenly spread the raspberry mixture over the pastry base. Put the polenta, sugar and baking powder in the mixing bowl with the almonds and stir to combine. Make a well in the centre. Beat the eggs in a bowl, then beat in the yogurt and almond extract. Tip this mixture, along with the oil, into the dry ingredients, and briefly and gently stir together with a large metal spoon so everything is just combined - don't overmix.
• Pour the almond filling over the raspberry mixture and scatter the flaked almonds over the top. Bake for 30 mins or until the top is risen and pale golden. Cool slightly, then remove from the tin.
• Mix the icing sugar with a few drops of cold water to make a thick-ish icing, then use a teaspoon to drizzle it over the cooled tart. The tart is even softer when eaten the next day. Will keep in an airtight container for up to three days.

HIGH-FIBER LOW-FAT OATMEAL CAKES

Steps:

• Grind oats in blender.
• Mix together dry ingredients.
• Cream together wet ingredients and sugar.
• Fold in egg white.
• Combine wet and dry ingredients.
• Form into 12 patties.
• Bake at 325 for 15 minutes.