This recipe for shortcrust pastry makes a lot. You might like to use half you make some lemon curd tarts then use the rest for regular jam tarts or for some jam hearts. Depending on the season, you might also like some festive mince pies. The wrapping was one of the first plastic bagtypes, which eventually almost replaced wax paper) Blue Band Margarine Munchkins — argh! They’re after that special McVitie’s recipe for Jaffa Cakes. I’ll show them! It’s McVitie’s secret combination of light sponge, smooth plain chocolate and the real Jaffa orangey bit that just bowls them over. I won’t let anyone steal the secret of McVitie’s Jaffa Cakes. McVitie’s Jaffa Cakes (4): 1983 Put the tarts in the oven for about 10-12 minutes. They’re ready when the pastry has turned a nice golden brown colour. I assume the cause must be the palm oil (very bad for health!), which is usually used in food instead of butter because it is very cheap and more stable.

Tip it on to a lightly floured work surface then knead it very briefly so it stops crumbling and comes together in a nice ball. As soon as it comes together, stop working it as you don’t want to over mix it.Wrap the pastry in cling film and pop it in the fridge for 15 minutes or so to chill it. Make the lemon curd tarts My children tasted it for the first time and loved it too, on bread after school. Very nice change from jam and honey, and more convenient to spread. These tarts are a really easy bake so they’re perfect for kids or beginner bakers to try. Making your own shortcrust pastry for them is surprisingly easy, but you could save yourself time and effort by using shop bought pastry. How do you store lemon curd tarts?

Sugar, Glucose-Fructose Syrup, Water, Lemon Juice from Concentrate (4%), Maize Starch, Palm Oil, Dried Whole Egg, Rapeseed Oil, Gelling Agent: Pectin, Acid: Citric Acid, Acidity Regulator: Sodium Citrate, Lemon Oil, Colour: Beta Carotene, Antioxidant: Ascorbic Acid. Lifestyle / AdditivesSugar, Glucose-Fructose Syrup, Water, Lemon Juice from Concentrate (4%), Maize Starch, Palm Oil, Dried Whole EGG, Rapeseed Oil, Gelling Agent (Pectin), Acid (Citric Acid), Acidity Regulator (Sodium Citrate), Lemon Oil, Colour (Beta Carotene), Antioxidant (Ascorbic Acid) National Dairy Council. The slogan “Naughty … but nice” was written by Salman Rushdie and was used in a series of adverts starring actors and comedians such as Barbara Windsor and Larry Grayson] Fry’s Chocolate Spread Les ( munching on a huge cream cake): In his de-mob suit — he was a lion amongst men in them days! I’m filling up!

In 1964, when owned by Joseph Farrow, it promoted the idea of stirring some of its honey into hot milk for a nightcap, or to help a sore throat by putting honey into hot water with some lemon juice. In the 1960s the account was handled by JWT. If you have any left over lemon curd you might like our lemon curd muffins or our Belgian buns. What else can you make with the homemade shortcrust pastry?Place the saucepan on medium-high heat, to get the ingredients simmering. Then turn down to medium heat and cook out the curd for 10-12 minutes. Make sure you continue to stir the curd throughout the cooking process to prevent it from burning to the saucepan. As we're also using the peel of the lemons, I recommend buying them organic if you can. Otherwise, look for unwaxed lemons and wash them really well before zesting. Preheat your oven to 180C / 170C Fan / 350F and grease a 12 hole muffin tray or tart tins with oil or butter. To the tune of Dvorak’s “New World” Symphony arranged for brass band. This classic TV commercial (which was actually filmed at GoldHill, Shaftesbury, Dorset!) was voted the favourite advertisement of all time in a 2006 UK poll, by which time the young actor, Carl Barlow, was a north London fireman. It had a celebratory re-run in May 2006 with the addition of the words “Celebrating 120 years of Hovis goodness”.] Huntley and Palmers (1)