Making Manchester Tarts

[@louiseahmedtropicalplantgr5000]

As a mancunian definitely a favourite dessert. At school it was made with sliced bananas over the jam under the custard. We had chocolate sprinkles sometimes instead of coconut

[@SallyCox-mw8le]

Always needs the banana

[@GolDreadLocks]

Mr. Paul. my youngest loves custard, and she is excited for me to make this "just for her, she says!" Much respect!

[@susananoemirozzi4059]

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[@didenno]

Great recipe and video Mr Paul, takes me right back to the 70s and my favourite school pudding. You are correct about bananas as when we had it at school there was always sliced bananas on top of the jam. Great that you make the custard without eggs, so much better. Thank you, i will be doing this from now on 👏🏻👏🏻

[@MrPaulsPantry]

Thanks for the feedback, glad it's brought back a few memories.

[@pamelataylor3537]

Hank you Mr. Paul, I’ve been watching you for a while now and I’m really enjoying your recipes, they remind me of my mum and dad’s cooking. I’m born in Manchester but have lived in Australia for 64years now. I’m 67 this year so was very young when we immigrated here. I love plain, easy meals and I’ve been making a few of your meals. I’m going to make your Bakewell Slice and your Manchester Tart too, sometime this week. I’ve attempted Yorkshire pudding before and toad in the hole, cos my mum used to make both but I’m afraid my Yorkshire puddings are not very nice. I watched you making it the other day and now I’m going to have a go when I take my beef out of the freezer, yum, yum, yum, I can’t wait and I’m hoping it works as I really love Yorkshire pudding. I don’t normally comment but thought I would today, just to let you know I’m here watching. Thank you for your videos Mr. Paul, I’m really enjoying watching them and I can’t wait for you to put more videos on KZbin. Have a great week.

[@MrPaulsPantry]

Hi Pamela, thank you for your very interesting comment, I pleased I was able to resurrect happy memories of your Mum & Dad. Thanks for watching

[@Z3Teresa]

I never knew that cling film could go into the oven!! Thanks for the education!!

[@Infiniti25]

I didn't know either. I'd question whether there is any leeching from the plastic of the film. A quick google shows that certain plastic wrap products are oven safe. I don't thnk I'll be trying it personally. It may depend on a specific maximum temperature, but I'd hate to consume even more plastic than I already unknowingly do.

[@bobl.1044]

@@Infiniti25 I didn't know either! All I can suggest is use greaseproof or parchment if in doubt

[@Infiniti25]

@@bobl.1044 I’m inclined to stick to using only those or foil for any cooking or baking, not cling film. I do see plastic film used on top of pre-made meals and desserts that can be pierced and left on

[@pamelataylor3537]

I would be careful using foil for on top of food in the oven too. It eats into the food and leaves foil all over the top of your food, especially desserts. It can’t be healthy. I never knew you could use cling film in the oven for dry baking pastry either but I just think I’ll stick with my baking paper which you must call parchment paper.

[@Infiniti25]

@@pamelataylor3537 I use aluminium foil on baking trays which maybe old or where I want to use a side of a tray which has holes in it. I always foil the tray when I make tray bake fruit crumble.

[@darleneromanic221]

so glad i found this video. From Canada.

[@mariapierce2707]

This is great! and explained so well. Thank you Mr. Paul . You are appreciated!🥰

[@MrPaulsPantry]

You are very welcome Maria and thank you for your support x

[@sharonclaridge]

I don't think I've ever had one before but I'll definitely have a go as I love pastry, jam and custard - thank you! :)

[@MrPaulsPantry]

Hope you enjoy it and thanks for watching and taking the time to comment. Visit my Website mr-pauls-pantry.com/ For more recipes. Stay safe and keep cooking .

[@PaulineFlanagan-m2z]

Great recipe

[@bobl.1044]

Another one I love. Thank you Mr Paul.

[@junebenson01]

Like you I'd never heard of Manchester tarts, we never had it at school and it was only when a friend made one that I tried it, I've since tried it over and over because it's so lovely! lol I had never heard of a cornflake tart either and they're really popular as well. However, I'm eyeing your lemon meringue which is my all time fave, I just love anything lemony, love a lemon posset too and they're so easy to make. Thanks for your videos, the cheese and onion pasties were great!

[@thornxxx5771]

This was a staple for me growing up in liverpool my mum made this every other sunday and she used bananas😝. LOVE YOUR NO NONSENSE COOKING.

[@MrPaulsPantry]

Thank you for watching and taking the time to comment, I do appreciate that. For more of my recipes go to my website at : mr-pauls-pantry.com/

[@PecanBaby...]

I for some reason thought that the coconut on top was toasted lightly before adding but I could be remembering wrong from my school days, got to admit though it was always my favourite pudding at school. Thanks for bringing back the memories. 🙂👍

[@MrPaulsPantry]

Hi there, Yes, you are correct, however, in days gone by the coconut available and we used in the bakery was quite coarsely shredded, but today the desiccated coconut sold is all very very fine and when toasted dries up to little hard gritty grains, so I decided it as best not to toast. But if where you live you can find coarse coconut flakes (as thy used to be called) toast them by all means. Thanks very much for watching and also for your comment which I appreciate, after all, KZbin as the title implies, is about YOU much more than just a video. Thanks again. Visit my Website mr-pauls-pantry.com/ For more recipes. Stay safe and keep cooking .

[@PecanBaby...]

@@MrPaulsPantry Thanks for letting me know about the coconut and yes I will definitely be back again. Much love from Ireland 🙂🍀👋

[@coletteoconnor3566]

I will definitely be making this as it takes me back to my school days and it was my favourite ! We did have bananas at the base of the one we had in school so I shall add those . 🥰

[@janelloyd4332]

Great tip for making custard ..never knew it was that simple ...you are a mind of information..My mother use to call it * Dislocated coconut * bless her

[@MrPaulsPantry]

I love it Jane LOL xx

[@cookingwithsaeedaandvlogs]

Full watch your wonderful video thanks for sharing 😍

[@MrPaulsPantry]

Thanks for visiting Saeeda. Visit my Website mr-pauls-pantry.com/ For more recipes. Stay safe and keep cooking .

[@aienlawalling7611]

Worth watching your amazing baking video..very much reality 😍👍

[@MrPaulsPantry]

Thank you so much 😀 Visit my Website mr-pauls-pantry.com/ For more recipes. Stay safe and keep cooking .

[@cathyleposa-petraud8054]

Even for me, You always make it look so easy to do & understand .... Thanksss so much for the Greeeeat Video :)

[@MrPaulsPantry]

You're very welcome Cathy and thank you for taking the time to comment, I really do appreciate it. Visit my Website mr-pauls-pantry.com/ For more recipes. Stay safe and keep cooking .

[@phyllisholmes2120]

Can you please give recipe for custard WITH eggs? Thanks!

[@MrPaulsPantry]

Hello Phyllis, You can search my KZbin channel for specific recipes, the Custard Tart video is at this link: kzbin.info/www/bejne/iaTClJ2ag9GXatE Plus, if you subscribe to my channel (FREE) you will be notified everytime I post a new video. Thank you for watching and taking the time to comment, I do appreciate that. For more of my recipes go to my website at : mr-pauls-pantry.com/

[@tillykelp9744]

I baked your Manchester Tart this afternoon and it turned out really well!! My crust is a bit too thick but never mind. Thank you Mr Paul.

[@MrPaulsPantry]

Hi Tilly, Thanks very much for your feedback, it's always welcome. Better luck next time with your pastry, as long as it tasted good, that's all you need really.

[@fromkateskitchen7152]

Looks lovely. Thank you for sharing.

[@MrPaulsPantry]

My pleasure Kate😊x

[@bishankhor6908]

❤👍 Very nice Will try.

[@willow-wind9118]

Yummy tried to shortbread it was delicious, making this for my family to

[@MrPaulsPantry]

Sounds great! Thanks for watching, Visit my Website mr-pauls-pantry.com/ For more recipes. Stay safe and keep cooking .

[@suzannejones5992]

I always add banana. Thank you for the info about custard powder, as an ex pat these types of types are always invaluable

[@jeff3175]

looks very nice

[@MrPaulsPantry]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@christhompson4270]

Yummy, thank you for sharing, think I will have a go 👍👍👍👍👍👍❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@MrPaulsPantry]

Please do Chris. Thank you for watching. Visit my Website mr-pauls-pantry.com/ For more recipes. Stay safe and keep cooking .

[@sharronlewis3429]

🇬🇧🤤 Hello Paul, I'm a Cumbrian, but I do love a Manchester tart, my first few I bought from Spar, but I've been to Lancaster, Blackpool & in to Manchester city center, & I've always got to have one with a cuppa tea, maybe i get a few more for later or even the day after. 🤤😋

[@elsalisa146]

A beautiful simple and perfect recipe. Love the coconut and glacé cherry garnish! Please Mr. Paul could you do a recipe video for Bath water biscuits? They are my favorite. Thank you.

[@MrPaulsPantry]

Thanks for watching and commenting too. Sorry I do not have a recipe for bath water biscuits. Visit my Website mr-pauls-pantry.com/ For more recipes. Stay safe and keep cooking .

[@elsalisa146]

@@MrPaulsPantry thanks for your reply. Do you do any crackers or Savory biscuits?

[@chrissierichards6802]

Cling film doesn't melt then. What is flour from mercadona and lidll?

[@MrPaulsPantry]

No the cling film doesn't melt. Do you mean what is the Spanish for Flour? Ordinary plain flour is 'Harina de Trigo' (Wheat Flour) and is usually in big boxes on the floor NOT on the shelf, near the sugar. The Spanish for baking powder in 'Levedora para Bizcocho (for cakes etc.) and for bread it's `Levadora para Pan'. Hope this helps. Hope you're both OK

[@chrissierichards6802]

@@MrPaulsPantry thankyou. Yes we are fine

[@krisqueen5939]

Greetings from North Pole Alaska. In the States we leave off the jam, and if bananas are added, we call it banana cream pie. Cut me a slice I want to try it!

[@MrPaulsPantry]

Hi Kris, Yes in the UK too certain areas added Banana too, although in my bakery we never made it like that. I'll certainly add that info to the recipe on my website, Thank you. Thanks for watching and for taking the time to comment, I appreciate that. I wish you a very Happy & Healthy New Year. Visit my Website mr-pauls-pantry.com/ For more recipes. Stay safe and keep cooking.

[@LazyCookPete]

My favourite school pud. Yummy! 😋👍🌟

[@MrPaulsPantry]

Thanks Pete.

[@saratuajike4136]

Very nice. Always yummy. But what can I use in place of lard. I've got just flour and margarine. Thanks

[@MrPaulsPantry]

You can use all margarine or butter they will both work OK. Thanks for watching. Visit my Website mr-pauls-pantry.com/ For more recipes. Stay safe and keep cooking .

[@bandit2048]

Remember this well from school dinner days - went down a treat - that and steamed jam sponge - known to all us schoolgirls as stodge - served with custard. And we never put on weight - too much sport and exercise for that.

[@mohammadaamir5116]

Thanks for manchester tarts.

[@MikeJones-zt3kb]

Hi Mr. PAUL, just wondering does the custard mixture go on warm, or cold

[@MrPaulsPantry]

Hi Mike, it doesn't really matter, but it's easier to spread before it gets very cold. Thank you for watching and taking the time to comment, I do appreciate that. For more of my recipes go to my website at : mr-pauls-pantry.com/

[@Infiniti25]

I don't ever remember eating Manchester tart as a kid and as soon as you added dessicated coconut I knew why. I remember eating one in the last 10 years not knowing what I was buying and I took one bite and gave it away. I also don't remember whether there was any banana, I don't think there was because my partner wouldn't have eaten it if it did.

[@MrPaulsPantry]

Hi, Yes the banana it seems was only used in certain parts of the country. Thanks for taking the time to comment.

[@Infiniti25]

@@MrPaulsPantry I was reminded earlier by my better half that we had a Manchester tart at the wedding we attended last September in Sheffield and there was no coconut and no banana from what I’m told, just that they were delicious. I have no memory of eating it so maybe she enjoyed it that much I let her have mine. Definitely need to follow your recipe to test it out. Did you have any name or info for a safe yellow food colouring in the UK/EU as I know certain E number colourings are banned.

[@rangeetkaur9875]

Hi Paul you shouldn't use cling film in the oven. Cling film is only used to wrap food or to cover food. But not to be used on the oven, it's plastic and not safe to use like you have. Takecare

[@siriwanlove4456]

Hello Mr Paul, I’m wondering if I can use real butter instead of margarine, is it ok? Thank you very much.

[@MrPaulsPantry]

Hi there, I'm not sure where you want to use the butter. If you mean in the pastry, it does say in the recipe Butter or Margarine. If I've misunderstood you do please get back to me. Thanks for watching and for taking the time to comment, I appreciate that. Visit my Website mr-pauls-pantry.com/ For more recipes. Stay safe and keep cooking .

[@siriwanlove4456]

Mr. Paul's Pantry Oh right! It was last night a bit tired, I watched without carefully. I’m so sorry and thank you for your teaching. I live in Chiang Mai, Thailand and apologise for my weak English language.

[@MrPaulsPantry]

@@siriwanlove4456 Please don't apologise, your English is excellent.

[@siriwanlove4456]

Mr. Paul's Pantry Thank you so much 😊 Have a good day Mr Paul!

[@robertclare77]

Mr Paul, do they freeze ok?

[@MrPaulsPantry]

Hi Robert, no, they become watery when thawed.

[@robertclare77]

@@MrPaulsPantry Ok, I wonder if I substituted the filling for an egg custard and put the coconut and cherry on afterwards?

[@Ottosparty17]

Iv never put anything in a pastry case but pricking with a fork.

[@francisbarlow9904]

I love Manchester tart but for me it has to have banana, "It's the way I was brung up" lol

[@MrPaulsPantry]

Hi Francis, Yes, almost every regional dish had it's own little twists, sometimes it changed a little from family to family. Thanks very much for watching and for taking the time to comment, I really do appreciate that.

[@saiidahsapari3938]

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[@nige13]

Looks yummy but I just can't use lard , can't i just use all butter? .... ewwwww 🙂

[@ebijefi7869]

Hi sir how are you

[@MrPaulsPantry]

I'm Good Thanks. Visit my Website mr-pauls-pantry.com/ For more recipes. Stay safe and keep cooking

[@lisahodges8299]

Shrewsbury biscuits? Birdy

[@MrPaulsPantry]

Hi Lisa they are on my list when I get round to them

[@TheMiranda08]

The one with banana is called Salford tart Manchester tart omits the bananas I think both nice but Manchester tart wins Something to do with ww2 and rations so they couldn’t make with bananas.

[@michelebouvet8074]

Baking life is sooooo much easier with an offset spatula.

[@davidmorrison4027]

Cling film in a heated oven? I must admit that threw me off. Have never seen that before.

[@richardschneider4775]

I went out with a tart from Manchester. She did not look like that at all.

[@uselessoldman7964]

Sorry but wrong. Coming from a bakery family let me tell u this. Its traditionally used with strawberry jam not raspberry, also it has banana on top of the jam. Black mark for incorrectness.

[@MrPaulsPantry]

Hello Uselessoldman, Let me tell you, when you have been baking for more than 60 years you will be in a position to correct me. The tart, originally a Manchester Pudding can be traced back to pre-victorian times when bananas and coconut would have been a very expensive luxury items and would certainly not have been use in the kitchens of Manchester Housewives.

[@uselessoldman7964]

@@MrPaulsPantry Maybe originally but at school during the late 70s early 80s to the present day, since you are generally covering traditional not specifically original recipes then I would argue bananas should be included. Go into any bakers up here in the North and I am sure they will all have bananas in.

[@cozicoops]

Dear useless old man.. great name.. very apt! Perhaps you could put a video up called ‘splitting hairs’.. I would watch it with pleasure!

[@MrPaulsPantry]

@@uselessoldman7964 How far north are you?, I had my bakery in Leeds for 40 years before moving to Spain and none of my baker friends ever included bananas. Yes I'm talking traditional recipes NOT modern day (1980's) concoctions.

[@uselessoldman7964]

@@MrPaulsPantry Hi Paul, I actually live in Leeds. I appreciate your comments about era and traditions, and how maybe a recipe might change due to availability and price of ingrediencies/produce. Comments on youtube are as important as likes and views towards the over all google algorithm, so a constructive debate is good positive constructive points scoring !! As for my family as bakers they were a lot more North than where I live now, but Manchester Tart was a favourite no matter where you live.

[@tomcooper6469]

No banana ? Criminal

[@marktoldgardengnome4110]

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