Fruit Tart Recipe

Ingredients for Fruit Tart

• 2 pounds fruit
• 1 cup sugar
• Ginger
• 2 cups flour
• 6 tablespoons vegetable shortening
• Baking powder

Instructions

1. If tart is to be made of rhubarb, it should we well washed (not skinned) and cut up in inch lengths, packed tightly into dish, sugar sprinkled among it, also 1/2 teaspoon ground ginger.
2. If made of gooseberries, they should be picked clean, washed, and put in dish with little cinnamon.
3. If apples are used, they must be peeled and sliced very thinly, sugar sprinkled among them, and little lemon peel grated, or 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon.
4. In no case put water in.
5. Paste.
6. Put flour in basin with dessertspoon, sugar, 1/2 teaspoon baking powder, 6 tablespoons vegetable shortening, and crumble latter among flour until all lumps have disappeared, then pour in cold water to make stiff paste; turn it out on board and roll it a little larger than size of dish; after wetting it, cut off band of paste to put round edge of dish; wet band again and place remainder paste on.
7. Press it down very lightly, to make edges adhere; pare and notch them neatly according to taste; brush top with cold water, and dust fine sugar over, then put in oven to bake for 1 hour.
8. When fruit tart begins to boil out at side it is usually ready.

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