Vintage Recipe: Jam Marguerites

Today I have a lovely little recipe for you - a vintage recipe from a cookbook

called The Farmer's Wife Comfort Food Cookbook. I've been wanting to

try this recipe for a long time. Over the weekend I was looking through some 

recipe printouts that I have from the days before Pinterest, and found this 

recipe. I used to print recipes that I wanted to try -  I still have several stacks 

of recipes waiting to be made! So glad I have Pinterest now! It's my online

 recipe book! (It's also a lot cheaper because now I don't have to buy so 

many ink refills!!)

I made these tarts a little different from the original recipe. The recipe

actually calls for Ritz Crackers as a base but I used ready made

tart shells. Though I bet that the saltiness of the buttery cracker would 

be good too!  The recipe also calls for chopped nuts which I had on 

hand but just forgot to add! After I made the meringue topping, it 

just wasn't as sweet as I like so I added an additional 2 tbsp of jam 

and 3 tbsp powdered sugar. I also thought a bit of jam on the bottom 

would be lovely, so I added 1/2 tsp seedless raspberry jam to each 

tart shell before I piped the meringue topping. (I used a plain round 

piping tip for this.)

Unfortunately the meringue wasn't as pretty after baking as before, 

and it quickly deflated. Perhaps if I had stuck to the original recipe

they would've been prettier. However, they were delicious and

were quickly eaten up by my kids (my daughter is holding the tart.)

Another bonus was that my house smelled wonderfully of 

Raspberry Jam!

If you'd like to try the recipe, pop over to the English Kitchen.  

For my version, just use ready made tart shells (leave out the nuts

if desired) add additional jam/powdered sugar as desired and

add 1/2 tsp jam to shells before adding the meringue topping!

I used one of the vintage tablecloths from my collection in the shoot today 

along with a vintage plate that I thought went well with the recipe.

Yum!! A plate of lovely tarts and a pot of Earl Grey! Perfect weekend treat!!

These tarts may not be pretty, but they taste delicious!! xo