FAMILY TRADITION

‘Louise's Nutty Tart’ must always be announced with an Alan Bennet sneer.

So delicious you have to make two. One for you to eat before your guests come over.

So revered in our house hold that I give it as a gift at Christmas and Birthdays.

It's quite expensive to make: golden short crust pastry, textured secret almond filling, apricot sweet preserve and toasted crunchy walnuts ...

TRY IT!

IT IS TRULY AMAZING!

As a child I always helped make a gooseberry hazelnut style of Nutty Tart with my mum.

But I invented the best version when I was about 10 years old.

In fact variations of this rather camp yet aptly titled dish has been passed down in my family for over a century.