{"id":13976,"date":"2021-07-02T22:38:29","date_gmt":"2021-07-03T02:38:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/?p=13976"},"modified":"2021-07-11T22:43:54","modified_gmt":"2021-07-12T02:43:54","slug":"farm-boys-classic-butter-tarts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/?p=13976","title":{"rendered":"Farm Boy\u2019s classic butter tarts"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-13978\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Farm-Boy-200x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Farm-Boy-200x300.jpeg 200w, https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Farm-Boy-683x1024.jpeg 683w, https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Farm-Boy-768x1152.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Farm-Boy-624x936.jpeg 624w, https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Farm-Boy.jpeg 850w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Here is the recipe for Farm Boy\u2019s classic butter tart<\/p>\r\n<p><strong>The Tart pastry<\/strong><\/p>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li>5 cups all-purpose flour<\/li>\r\n<li>1 lb (454 grams) shortening<\/li>\r\n<li>1 egg yolk<\/li>\r\n<li>1 cup ice cold water<\/li>\r\n<li>1 tbsp white vinegar<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<p>Combine flour and shortening in the bowl or a food processor and pulse to until the largest pieces are the size of peas and other pieces are even smaller.<\/p>\r\n<p>Whisk the yolk, water and vinegar together and mix into dough.<\/p>\r\n<p>Turn the dough out onto a lightly floured surface and knead until the dough just comes together.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n<p>Wrap the dough in plastic wrap and let it rest in the fridge for 20 minutes.<\/p>\r\n<p>Roll out dough to 1\/8&#8243; thickness, cut out rounds and place them in two 12-cup muffin tins and chill for 30 minutes.<\/p>\r\n<p>While dough is chilling, preheat oven to 400\u00b0F and prepare filling.<\/p>\r\n<p><strong>Butter tart filling<\/strong><\/p>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li>3\/4 cup unsalted butter, room temperature<\/li>\r\n<li>1 3\/4 cups brown sugar<\/li>\r\n<li>3 large eggs, room temperature<\/li>\r\n<li>1 1\/5 cups corn syrup or maple syrup<\/li>\r\n<li>1 tsp vanilla extract<\/li>\r\n<li>1\/2 tsp salt<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<p>Using a mixer, cream butter and brown sugar first.<\/p>\r\n<p>Next, add the eggs, syrup, vanilla and salt and mix until combined.<\/p>\r\n<p><strong>Assembly<\/strong><\/p>\r\n<p>Pour filling into each tart shell only 3\/4 full. Do <strong><em>not<\/em><\/strong> be tempted to fill them to the top, as they\u2019ll bubble over and stick to the pan.<\/p>\r\n<p>(Note: before putting them into the oven, this is where you can add any nuts or dried fruits of your choice.)<\/p>\r\n<p>Bake for 13\u201315 minutes, until the filling is bubbly and puffy and pastry is golden.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n<p>Cool on a rack for 5 minutes, then run a knife around each tart and carefully remove. You <strong><em>must<\/em><\/strong> remove them while they\u2019re warm, otherwise they\u2019ll weld themselves to the pan.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n<p>Enjoy slightly warm or at room temperature.<\/p>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li>Yield:\u00a0 24 tarts\u00a0 |\u00a0 Prep Time:\u00a0 1 hour\u00a0 |\u00a0 Cook Time:\u00a0 15 minutes<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<p><em>By George<\/em> has declared July as \u201cButter Tart Month.\u201d\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/?p=12127\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Here is a menu of our delectable articles<\/a> on Canada\u2019s iconic dessert.<\/p>\r\n<p><em>Chris George, providing reliable PR counsel and effective advocacy. Need a go-to writer or experienced communicator? 613-983-0801 @\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/cgacommunications.com\/m\/\">CG&amp;A COMMUNICATIONS<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here is the recipe for Farm Boy\u2019s classic butter tart The Tart pastry 5 cups all-purpose flour 1 lb (454 grams) shortening 1 egg yolk 1 cup ice cold water 1 tbsp white vinegar Combine flour and shortening in the bowl or a food processor and pulse to until the largest pieces are the size&#8230;<\/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":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13976"}],"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=13976"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13976\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13979,"href":"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13976\/revisions\/13979"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=13976"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=13976"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=13976"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}