Instructions

1. Place all ingredients except the egg (and water) in a bowl or in a food processor. Lightly rub butter into the other ingredients until it resembles breadcrumbs, with plenty of pea sized pieces of butter remaining, or if using a food processor, pulse until mixture resembles breadcrumbs.
2. Add the egg and use a fork to mix, then use your hands to lightly bring all the ingredients together. If using a food processor, pulse until ingredients form a ball. If dough is too dry to hold together, add ice-water a teaspoon at a time, until ingredients just hold together. Tip ingredients out onto a floured surface and lightly knead just to bring pastry together. Flatten into a disc shape and wrap in clingfilm. Refrigerate for between 30mins to an hour.
3. When ready to bake, preheat oven to 180°C/350°F/gas 4.
4. Remove pastry from the fridge and unwrap. On a floured surface, gently roll out pastry so that it’s large enough to line a round 20cm or 23cm (8 or 9inch) loose bottomed tart tin, making sure to keep pastry moving so that it doesn’t stick and dusting with flour as needed Brush off any excess flour from the surface of the pastry then carefully lift it and lay it in the tart tin. Use the palm of your hand and pads of your fingertips to press the pastry into the tin. Use a fork to prick the surface of the pastry, then chill in the freezer for 10 minutes. Line the pastry with rumpled parchment paper and fill to the top with baking beads or dried beans or rice.
5. Bake in preheated oven for 15 minutes. Remove from the oven and carefully remove the baking beads/beans then return to the oven and bake for further 10-15mins, until pastry is golden brown. Remove from oven and leave to cool completely on a wire rack before filling. For the filling, combine all the remaining ingredients except for the strawberries and jam. Mix with a whisk or electric mixer on low until mixture is smooth and ingredients are thoroughly combined.
6. Pour into cooled pastry shell and smooth the top with a spatula. Arrange the strawberry halves in rings, starting from the outside and working your way in. Brush strawberries with jam. Refrigerate until ready to serve.
7. To remove tart from the tin, place tart on a small bowl or sturdy jam jar and carefully remove the outer ring of the tin. Gently nudge the tart to see if it is loose from the base, if not, run a sharp knife underneath, then slide tart off onto a serving dish. Keep chilled in the fridge covered with clingfilm. Will keep for 2-3 days.