The great thing about this time of year is the abundance of luscious fruit available from the UK. The strawberry season kicked off slightly earlier this year with the warm spring and we are now starting to get delicious gooseberries and raspberries.
All the better for us here at The Angel Bakery as we love to make the best of the seasonal produce and with the added advantage of having a stall next to Hayles Fruit Farm at Cirencester Farmers Market, we are spoilt for choice.
Back in the Spring we launched some new tasty treats, our Retro Bakes range. A range of delicious tarts and pies made to old English recipes. Maids of Honour, Congress Tarts and Sambocade are just some of the baked treats available and are going down a storm at farmers markets and food festivals. And with Hayles’ new season redcurrants and blackcurrants now available we can’t wait to use them for our Muckymouth Tarts.
I am often asked why they are called Muckymouth tarts. These tasty little pastries derive their name from that age old problem that any child faces when picking sweet tasting fruits! If, like me as a child, you were ever sent out to pick blackberries from the hedgerows or blackcurrants from the garden you will know that inevitably you end up eating handfuls of the delicious fruits. No matter how much you protested at your innocence, there was always the tell-tale sign of fruit smeared chops, hence the Muckymouth!
All of the Retro Bakes range are made with a hand-made rich, shortcrust butter pastry and filled with an array of scrumptious fillings such as vanilla and lemon custards, rich almond frangipanes or jam-packed with fabulous fruits, making them the perfect treat or dessert.
You can find us at Cirencester Farmers Market
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