This was not a hard bake. With only 5 bakes to go, it feels like the end of a marathon and everything is a bit of an effort. I’m trying to grind on and get a second wind because I do still have some quite complicated bakes to do!!! Ahhhhhh. So this was a pleasant treat, a wee treacle tart with just a few ingredients. It’s actually one of those tarts you could whip up at the last minute if you needed a dessert because there are very few ingredients. The filling is just grated apple, lemon zest and juice, homemade breadcrumbs(!!) and golden syrup. It makes a nice textured, a little bit zingy filling and you know it’s good for you because its got apple.
To make the pastry, I added
two flours 
Buttttterrrr 
a tipple of water
wholemeal flour, white flour, a pinch of salt and 1/4 tsp of baking powder to the electric whizz. Then a whole lot of chopped up butter and I whizzed this until it resembled fine breadcrumbs. I added 2-3 tablespoons of water and this came together nicely to form a soft dough which I rolled out and lined the 25cm pie dish.
lush pastry easy to work 
lined and ready to go
While the pastry cooled in the fridge, (I didn’t have to blind bake it, Alleluia) I heated up the golden syrup, then added grated apple, fresh white or wholemeal breadcrumbs which I had made from stale ciabatta, and the zest and juice of a lemon. Easy!
grated apple 
breadcrumbs in 
Zest 
I poured the filling into the pie casing and trimmed the edges. With the trimmings of pastry I made some flower decorations for the top and used the rest of the pastry to make little cheese empanadas! (any excuse! https://thebakersdozenbakeoff.com/2018/05/21/empanadas-de-queso-cheese-empanadas/
I baked the tart for 30 minutes at 180˚C. It’s sweet but sour and slightly textured filling matched perfectly with the crunchy wholemeal pastry.
