Bakewell Tarts
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poliphiloI like cherry bakewells, but they have evolved (or degraded) a long way from the authentic bakewell tart or (more correctly) pudding- as invented and retailed in the very pretty town of Bakewell in the Derbyshire Peak district.
The true Bakewell doesn't have anything to do with fondant icing or glace cherries; the defining ingredients are eggs, almonds and raspberry jam.
When I lived in Sheffield I used to catch the bus out to Bakewell so I could buy myself a bag of authentic Bakewell puddings and eat them on the spot.
Autres temps, autre moeurs.
I have just discovered (to my delight) that Marks and Spencer do a very fair stab at an authentic bakewell.
The true Bakewell doesn't have anything to do with fondant icing or glace cherries; the defining ingredients are eggs, almonds and raspberry jam.
When I lived in Sheffield I used to catch the bus out to Bakewell so I could buy myself a bag of authentic Bakewell puddings and eat them on the spot.
Autres temps, autre moeurs.
I have just discovered (to my delight) that Marks and Spencer do a very fair stab at an authentic bakewell.
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Date: 2006-03-17 09:36 am (UTC)I wonder if this Marks fellow was a relative of mine... I know my mom's side of the family (from Yorkshire) well, but the Marks folks are a mystery before they got to Virginia.
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Date: 2006-03-17 09:52 am (UTC)Legend has it they were invented when a harrassed cook at the local hotel screwed up his/her recipe for strawberry tart.
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Date: 2006-03-17 10:03 am (UTC)thought you might like to see...
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Date: 2006-03-17 01:20 pm (UTC)Re: thought you might like to see...
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Date: 2006-03-17 11:04 am (UTC)Second picture -- yum! Can you ship some to Wisconsin? ;-)
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Date: 2006-03-17 11:09 am (UTC)http://www.bakewellpuddingshop.co.uk/
they do apprentley :)
Large vs. small "puddings"
Date: 2006-03-17 11:16 am (UTC);-)
But I will not be ordering anything right now...just teasing poliphilo about his good fortune!
Re: Large vs. small "puddings"
Date: 2006-03-17 11:54 am (UTC)That big lop-sided thing in the publicity photo is what a "real" pudding looks like- all rough and rural. The M&S tarts would be frowned on by a purist (not by me.)