{"id":11914,"date":"2020-07-12T09:14:41","date_gmt":"2020-07-12T13:14:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/?p=11914"},"modified":"2021-07-11T21:24:49","modified_gmt":"2021-07-12T01:24:49","slug":"elizabeth-bairds-butter-tart-recipe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/?p=11914","title":{"rendered":"Elizabeth Baird\u2019s Butter Tart Recipe"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Here is the classic butter tart recipe by renowned Canadian cook Elizabeth Baird. This recipe was found in the blog posts of the Tasting Table<\/a>.<\/p>\n

As a side note, Mrs. Baird was for decades the food editor of Canadian Living<\/em>. You will find that her recipe differs from the recipe found in that magazine<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Prep Time:\u00a020 minutes, plus chilling time<\/p>\n

Cook Time:\u00a015 minutes<\/p>\n

Total Time:\u00a035 minutes, plus chilling time<\/p>\n

Yield:\u00a012 tarts<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

INGREDIENTS<\/em><\/p>\n

For the Pastry:<\/em><\/p>\n

1\u00bd cups all-purpose flour<\/p>\n

\u00bc teaspoon salt<\/p>\n

\u00bc cup cold butter, cubed<\/p>\n

\u00bc cup cold lard, cubed (or substitute butter)<\/p>\n

1 large egg yolk<\/p>\n

1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice<\/p>\n

Ice water<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

For the Filling:<\/em><\/p>\n

\u00bd cup packed light brown sugar<\/p>\n

\u00bd cup corn syrup<\/p>\n

1 large, room-temperature egg<\/p>\n

2 tablespoons very soft butter<\/p>\n

1 teaspoon vanilla extract<\/p>\n

1 teaspoon fresh lemon juice<\/p>\n

Pinch of salt<\/p>\n

\u2153 cup currants, sultana raisins, chopped walnuts or pecan halves<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

DIRECTIONS<\/em><\/p>\n

    \n
  1. Make the pastry: In a large bowl, combine the flour and salt. Use a pastry blender to cut in the butter and lard until the mixture is in very fine crumbs. In a 1-cup measuring cup, use a small whisk or fork to combine the egg yolk, lemon juice and enough ice water to come to \u2153 cup. Gradually drizzle over the flour mixture, stirring briskly with a fork until the pastry holds together. You may need to add a little more ice water to gather up the last of the dry bits. Press into a disc, and wrap and chill until firm. Let stand at room temperature to soften a little before rolling.<\/li>\n
  2. Make the filling: Preheat the oven to 450\u00b0. In a medium bowl, mix together the sugar, syrup, egg, butter, vanilla, lemon juice and salt until smooth.<\/li>\n
  3. On a floured surface, roll out pastry to a \u215b-inch thickness. Using a 4-inch round cookie cutter, cut out 12 circles, rerolling scraps if necessary. Fit into muffin cups. Divide the currants among the pastry shells. Spoon the filling over the currants until three-quarters full.<\/li>\n
  4. Bake in the bottom third of the oven for about 12 minutes, or until filling is puffed and bubbly and pastry is golden. Let stand on a rack for a minute; immediately run a metal spatula around tarts to loosen. Carefully slide the spatula under the tarts and lift out to cool on a rack. The baker gets to eat all the tarts that break in transit, or give them as a reward to favourite people.<\/li>\n
  5. You can freeze them for a month, or store in fridge for up to a week. Warm to serve.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    \"\"<\/p>\n

    By George<\/em>\u00a0has declared July as \u201cButter Tart Month.\u201d\u00a0Here is a menu of our delectable articles<\/a>\u00a0on Canada\u2019s iconic dessert.<\/p>\n

    Chris George, providing reliable PR counsel and effective advocacy. Need a go-to writer or experienced communicator? 613-983-0801 @\u00a0CG&A COMMUNICATIONS<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Here is the classic butter tart recipe by renowned Canadian cook Elizabeth Baird. This recipe was found in the blog posts of the Tasting Table. As a side note, Mrs. Baird was for decades the food editor of Canadian Living. You will find that her recipe differs from the recipe found in that magazine. Prep…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[35],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11914"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11914"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11914\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13951,"href":"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11914\/revisions\/13951"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11914"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11914"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11914"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}