maid of honour tart

plural maid of honour tarts

1. alternativeAlternative form of maids of honour tart.

   When he brought the tea, he had put a maid of honour tart on a little plate for her too.

   2021, Poppy Alexander, chapter 26, in The 12 Days of Christmas, London: Orion Fiction, →ISBN

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   Types of tarts made with sweet short paste (some may be made using puff paste trimmings): Linzer tart, Brittany tart, treacle tart, jam tart, Belgian tart, Dutch apple tart, curd tart, maid of honour tart, congress tart, conversation tart, strawberry cream tart and assorted fruit tarts.

   1993, Roland Foote, “Unit 2D8: Preparing and cooking pastry dishes”, in Food Preparation and Cooking; Student Guide: Cookery Units (Catering and Hospitality, NVQ Level 2), Stanley Thornes (Publishers) Ltd, →ISBN, page 195

   The pair returned in 2014 with a program dedicated to forgotten British classic dishes such as Bedfordshire clanger (a crusty dumpling with a savory filling) and maid of honour tarts (puff pastry filled with cheese curds).

   2017, Don Rauf, “Back to the Business of Being Jamie”, in Jamie Oliver (Celebrity Chefs), New York, N.Y.: Enslow Publishing, LLC, →ISBN, page 98

plural Maid of Honour tarts

1. alternativeAlternative form of maids of honour tart.

   If desired, reheat slightly for 10 minutes in 200° oven, but Maid of Honour tarts can also be served cool—not cold, however!

   1973, Rae Lindsay, The International Party Cookbook, New York, N.Y.: Drake Publishers Inc., →ISBN, page 229

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   Past Newens (the traditional English tea shop serving Maid of Honour tarts), Kew Gardens Rd dog-legs around towards Station Approach.

   1988, Carrie Segrave, editor, The Mitchell Beazley London Property Guide ’88: For Buyers, Sellers and Owners of Homes in London, London: Mitchell Beazley Publishers, →ISBN, pages 354–355

   The Original Maids of Honour, 288 Kew Rd, Kew, is opposite Kew Gardens on the road leading off the Common, a teashop as English as its environs. It was here that Maid of Honour tarts were baked for Henry VIII and his household, and the present incumbents resolutely continue the tradition along with the other fineries of olde Englishe tea culture.

   2001, Charlie Godfrey-Faussett, Footprint London Handbook: The Travel Guide, Bath: Footprint Handbooks, →ISBN, page 391

   “What’s that you’re eating?” “Order your own,” Penny said sharply as he leaned over as if to sample her Maid of Honour tart.

   2001, Elizabeth Daish, Green Spaces, Sutton: Severn House Publishers Ltd, →ISBN, page 16

   We were told that the auditorium could actually hold seven hundred, but that the caterers could only provide enough scones, Maid of Honour tarts and Victoria sponges for the smaller number.

   2003, Guy Hunting, Adventures of a Gentleman’s Gentleman: The Queen, Noel Coward and I, London: John Blake Publishing Ltd, →ISBN, page 254

   And this is a Maid of Honour tart, as baked for Henry the Eighth. A closely guarded secret recipe, but we’ve produced our own version, with almonds and butter pastry.

   2008, Amy Appleton, The Bride Hunter, London: Orion, →ISBN, page 114