Hints on Making Pastry.
1. Have everything particularly clean and dry.
2. Pass the flour through a wire sieve, and rub in the butter or fat with the tips of the fingers only.
3. Keep everything cool. Always mix the paste with cold water. To prevent hot hands wash them in hot water.
4. Roll out a short crust once only. If baking-powder be used, make and bake the pastry as quickly as possible.
5. Test the oven by placing a small piece of bread on the shelf. If it brown in half a minute the heat is correct.
6. Bake in the hottest part of the oven for the first five minutes, then remove to a cooler part.
7. Warm jam separately, and place it in the tart at the last minute. To keep the shape of the tart, place a piece of bread in the centre whilst baking.