Traditional Scottish Almond Flory Tart

This traditional Scottish almond flory is a tart that is perfect for the colder months. It’s real comfort food, not too sweet and just perfect with a nice cuppa.

It’s the end of January and my month of Scottish recipes so I thought I’d end on a sweet note with this traditional Almond Flory, the perfect Scottish bake that suits the wintery weather and goes perfectly with a cup of tea in front of a roaring fire.

Almond Flory

Don’t you just love this name? The word flory makes me think of something almost frivolous and fun.

Can a tart be fun like that? Whoops, that sounds bad, maybe I should use the word pie there! Well, I like to think so.

Playing with flavours, mixing things up a bit.  The spices, squishiness of fruit, and comforting warmth of almond, yes to me that’s fun.

The History Bit!

The Almond Flory is a sweet and fancy latticed tart that was very popular in Edinburgh’s finest tea rooms way back in history when tea rooms were considered the height of sophistication.

Nowadays it’s fancy cocktail bars and eateries but a couple of centuries ago the tea room was the place to be.

Writing A Baking Book

I wrote this recipe for Almond Flory for my book Simply Scottish Cakes & Bakes .To be honest while I did all the recipes and tried and tested everything again and again doing this damn book I put on so much weight it was unbelievable.

I was very popular with my daughter and her classmates at the time as she’d take boxes of baked goodies into school almost every day to share out. Oh well even if my waistline suffered at least they enjoyed it.

Simply Scottish Cakes And Bakes

There are 50 recipes in this book, from your traditional Scottish cakes and tarts to biscuits and cookies, scones and so much more.

Ingredients for almond flory

I have stepped away from the traditional recipe by using a mixture of half fromage frais and half cream to try to cut down the fat content a little.

Like many Scottish tarts and cakes this recipe calls for dried fruit which has always been a staple in Scottish baking.

Buy the best quality dried fruit you can find as cheaper stuff can often be a bit grainy and tasteless. You will be adding brandy which will boost the fruit in the baking.

You’ll also be needing some spices, cinnamon and nutmeg and orange flower water, which you can buy in most supermarkets.

Puff pastry

You can make your own puff pastry if you have the time and patience, but to be honest I just use frozen puff pastry for my almond flory.

The frozen stuff is so easy to use, handy to have in your freezer and tastes just as good as homemade if you buy good quality stuff.

So here you’ll find my recipe for Almond Flory, go on get baking up a wee Scottish treat today.

Looking for more super easy Scottish cakes and bakes? Then check these out before you go;

Traditional Scotch pancakes/drop scones (+video)

Easy traditional Scottish oatcakes

Super easy Scottish ginger flapjacks

Gingernut biscuits (gingersnaps)

Edinburgh gingerbread

Traditional Scottish Dundee cake

Aberdeen crulla and whisky chocolate dip

Traditional Scottish treacle scones

Orange and caraway seed shortbread

Traditional Scottish snowball cakes

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