Crostata Marmellata

Ingredients

• 500gr All propose flour
• 250gr Butter
• 250gr Caster sugar
• 2 Eggs
• 1 lemon (zest)
• 150gr Jam

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 200°C
2. Either by hand or in a food processor, mix all the dry ingredients.
3. Pour the dry ingredients out onto a work surface and make a well in the centre, then add the eggs into the well, using a dough scraper or your fingers, work the ingredients together until you have a well formed dough.
4. Don't forget, you can use this dough straight away as its a very robust pastry.
5. Roll out pastry to roughly 1/4 cm thick cutout circles using the tins as templates. Remember to get the pastry into the corners and leave some hanging over the edge of the case.
6. Fill with baking beans and put in the fridge/freezer for half an hour or fill it with your favourite Jam.
7. Bake At 200°C for 10 to 15 minutes if empty or 30 min if filled with jam, until golden.
8. Remove and allowed to cool a little before filling.