Almond Tarts - cooking recipe

Ingredients

4 oz. pastry
apricot jam
4 oz. almonds, sliced
2 oz. almond paste
2 oz. sugar
2 oz. margarine or butter
1 egg
juice of lemon

Preparation

Cream together the margarine and sugar.
Beat in eggs.
Add almonds, paste and lemon juice.
Use tart pans; cut pastry to fit. Fill each 1/2 full of mixture.
Bake at 450\u00b0 for 7 minutes. Reduce to 350\u00b0; bake for 30 minutes.
Dust with sugar.
On each tart, place dab of jam.