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Turn the oven down to 120C and bake for another 25 minutes, until the filling is just set.

Bake the pastry case as above and then pour in the syrup mix.

Mix in the breadcrumbs and leave overnight in the fridge.

In a large mixing bowl beat the eggs with the golden syrup, treacle, double cream, salt, lemon juice & zest.

Brush with egg wash and return to the oven for a further 5 minutes or until golden. Remove the foil and the beans and return to the oven for 5 minutes. Put a large sheet of foil over the pastry case and weigh down with baking beans or dried pulses. Prick the base with a fork and then refrigerate for 30 minutes to help set the shape. Use the pastry to line a 25cm tart tin, pushing the pastry into the sides of the tin. Tip the mixture into the prepared pastry case. Roll out the pastry to a thickness of about 5mm. Treacle Tart Break the eggs into a mixing bowl, add the syrup, and beat together well. To ensure you have a lovely crisp pastry case it must be blind baked before you add the filling. Simply rub 125g of butter into 250g of plain flour and 90g of caster sugar until it resembles sand. This will give the breadcrumbs time to absorb the syrup and swell, further improving the texture. It’s a good idea to make the filling the day before. Treacle tart, a traditional English bake, made up of a simple shortcrust pastry case filled with breadcrumbs and golden syrup.

The addition of sourdough crumbs was equally rewarding, giving the tart a gorgeous tangy flavour and satisfyingly chewy quality that I just wasn’t getting from a basic white breadcrumb. This resulted in a treacle tart with a crisp, almost brandy snap like surface, and a moist gooey interior. Rather than cook it at one constant temperature, I started to bake it at a high temperature before reducing it considerably to complete the cooking process. Perhaps the two most significant improvements however came when I started using sourdough crumbs and changed the way I baked the tart. This resulted in a denser, tangy tart to which enhanced the overall flavours. I’ve reduced cream and increased breadcrumbs, and swapped ginger for black treacle. My recipe has been tweaked many times to balance the sweetness and improve the texture. Serve hot or cold with custard, cream or ice-cream.I’ve cooked my fair share of treacle tarts. Remove from the oven once the treacle mixture is just set and the tops are golden.Place onto a baking tray and bake for 25 / 30 minutes on 170C.Spoon the mixture in to the prepared cases until it is just below the rim of the pastry.Stir to combine and allow to stand for 5 minutes to allow the breadcrumbs to swell slightly. Add the breadcrumbs, keeping 2 handfuls in reserve. Add the syrup and butter to the eggs and cream and mix together.

In a large bowl, mix the egg, cream and lemon zest until combined.Warm gently until the butter has melted, do not allow the mixture to boil. Weigh out the syrup and place into a medium sized saucepan along with the bitter.

Line 12 small tart cases or 1 large 23cm tart case and allow to rest in the fridge or freezer before baking.If the dough is very firm, allow to soften slightly at room temperature before rolling out. This could be made ahead of time and kept in the fridge for several days. Wrap the pastry and then allow to rest in the fridge. Rub the butter into the flour and icing sugar until it is the consistency of fine breadcrumbs.