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Ecclefechan Butter Tart
Ecclefechan, that's a small town in Dunfries and Galloway where the influential philosopher and historian Thomas Carlyle was born.
Ingredients:
2 Beaten eggs
6oz (200 gms or just under one US cup) soft brown sugar
1 tbsp vinegar
8oz (250 gms or One and a quarter US cups) mixed dried fruit
2oz (50 gms) chopped walnuts
Prepared shortcrust pastry
4oz (125 gms or one stick) melted butter
Method:
Mix the sugar, butter and beaten eggs together.
Stir in the vinegar
Add mixed fruit and nuts.
Line patty tins with pastry
Put a spoonful of the mixture into each.
Bake in a fairly hot oven (190°C/375°F/Gas Mark 5) for 20-25 minutes.
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