The Queen of Hearts made some tarts all on a summers day,
The Knave of Hearts, he stole the tarts and took them clean away.
The King of Hearts called for the tarts and beat the knave full sore,
The Knave of Hearts brought back the tarts and vowed he’d steal no more.
what you need…
- 1 small packet of shortcrust pastry
- 4 tablespoons of jam
- a little bit of flour
- rolling pin
- 12 bun baking tray
- round fluted pastry cutter
- small heart pastry cutter (or of any shape smaller than the round cutter, we used a star!!!)
- teaspoon
what to do…
- switch on the oven to 200c and grease the bun baking tray
- roll out the pastry on a floured surface, and cut 12 circles out
- collect all the extra pastry, roll this out again for decorations and more tarts
- pop the pastry into the bun tray and press gently down into shape
- put one teaspoon of jam in each pastry case
- decorate the top with an extra pastry shape
- bake the tarts for 10-12 minutes or until they are pale brown
- allow the tarts to cool
- yum!!!
then into a little dream adventure…
- enjoy reading or singing the nursery rhyme ‘The Queen of Hearts’
- read the story ‘Alice in Wonderland’ by Lewis G Carroll, in which the Queen of Hearts was featured
- try using different flavoured jams and different coloured jams to fill your tarts with!!! which one is your favourite?
- how many different pastry shapes can you decorate your jam tarts with? how many different shapes do you know?
