Gooseberry Tart

Ingredients

• 1-1/2 pint gooseberries
• 1/2 lb short crust No. 1211
• 1/4 lb moist sugar

Instructions

1. With a pair of scissors cut off the tops and tails of the gooseberries;
2. put them into a deep pie-dish, pile the fruit high in the centre, and put in the sugar;
3. line the edge of the dish with short crust, put on the cover, and ornament the edges of the tart;
4. bake in a good oven for about 3/4 hour, and before being sent to table, strew over it some fine-sifted sugar.
5. A jug of cream, or a dish of boiled or baked custards, should always accompany this dish.