Yorkshire Curd Tart

[Spuddy]

I went up to see a pal of mine in Nelson (Lancs) recently and whilst there went to Skipton which is just across the county border in North Yorkshire.
At a little bakery there we bought a "Yorkshire Curd Tart" which I thought was amazing. Even though I am NOT a lover of sweet stuff I find myself craving the things now.

I've googled it and there are quite a lot of recipes out there but they all use different ways of forming the curd, some have raisins in and some don't.

Does anyone have a GENUINE recipe for it?

[saucisson]

If I remember correctly Rick Stein covered Curd pudding in one of his programs, but didn't come away with the recipe and concocted his own take on it.

[johnc]

aaah yes, fondly remembered as "Turd Cart"

It is a distinctive curd, not to be confused with the lemon variety, something between cottage cheese and a cheesecake (but with solid open pie crust) if I remember well.
As a Yorkshireman by birth I had to google it myself, and came across this which I think is authentic.

http://www.dacha.freeuk.com/cook/

[Spuddy]

Thanks guys

I tried Rick Stein's Food Heroes version on Sunday and it turned out very well but not quite how I remember. Still a worthy tart though. The whole lot disappeared before I could say "seconds anyone?"

There's 10 different "traditional" recipes on that page that johnc posted and most of them sound like they could be the one. This could take a while.

[Fallow Buck]

Spuddy,

It looks like you have a mystery to solve!!!

Rgds,
Watson

[johnc]

I'd suggest you try the "farmhouse curd" described in the section on making curd. This requires raw milk and adding buttermilk to it and will probably get you that special tangy taste and texture.
Can you still buy raw milk back there? It seems to have been banned here in Texas, I remember an organic (glass bottle, gold foil top and all) milk with a very thick cream on top when I first arrived here 10 years ago, but not any more.

[Spuddy]

No raw milk here either John it's all pasteurised.
I'll try it anyway this weekend using that method with some Channel Island Gold Top (as that at least is not homogenised so the cream layer is nicely defined) and see how it turns out.

[vinner]

johnc

You can indeed buy raw cow's and goat's milk in Texas from certified farmers. There are 2 in Texas. There is a farm down in Needville/Beazley area that sells it. I am in NJ this week, so don't have access to my cards, but they also sell at the farmer's market in Houston on Wednesdays behind the building at 3100 Richmond at Eastside. It goes for $11 to $12 per gallon. He also sells his homemade chesses and yogurts.

[johnc]

Thanks Vinner, I'll check it out!

[BBQer]

JohnC - also check this website for more sources of raw milk in Texas (or any other state for that matter and some other countries).

http://www.realmilk.com/where1.html

Spuddy - check this part of the site for the UK

http://www.realmilk.com/where-other.html

Don't know how far East Sussex is from West Sussex, but here's a farm that sells raw milk.

East Sussex: Plawhatch Farm, Priory Road, Sharpthorne, has raw organic milk available at their store and will deliver to the local area. They also make their own yogurt and cheese and have organic beef, lamb, eggs and chickens, as well as organic produce for sale.

[johnc]

Thanks again BBQer, theres a wealth of information in those links, not just for milk but other farm produce as well. Probably fresher than the stuff at Whole Foods Market too, as most of their stuff comes from California and is already a week or more old...

[saucisson]

Don't know how far East Sussex is from West Sussex, but here's a farm that sells raw milk.

Sharpthorne is ~36 miles from Spuddyville

[somerset lad]

According to the woman on the programe ,she just added rennet and strained off the whey and used the curds for the tart.