The Liverpool Tart recipe used by Satterthwaites is based on an idea from an old recipe book.
Gerry Jones, a well-known Liverpool character and musician, came up with the idea and did the research. As he tells it: "This started in January 2007 when I tried a Manchester Tart in the coffee-shop of John Lewis store, Liverpool (George Henry Lees), and thought that there really should be a 'Liverpool Tart' to rival or replace it, especially with Liverpool's year as European Capital of Culture."
"Google came up with just one page, the "original" recipe, from a hand-written family cookbook dating back to 1897, owned by a resident of a village called Evershot, in Dorset. This has proved to be an excellent basis, with a distinctive and possibly unique taste. It is also be handy having this "provenance" - being able to prove that OUR tart goes back over 100 years".
When Gerry bought Satterthwaites his recipe we thought that it wasn't a commercial proposition as it stood, but we agreed with him that it undoubtedly had real potential. A few weeks of thought, discussion and experimentation gave us the recipe we use today, which is proving very popular. We liked Gerry's idea of using a liver bird logo, but it was complicated enough to double the economic sale price, so we settled on a heart, to symbolise Liverpool's characteristic humour and humanity. Yes, that does mean that we can claim our product as the one and only ' tart with a heart'.
It's got a warm colour, and has a basically sweet nature with a sharp lemony aftertaste. That's the key ingredient, fresh lemons, as used by generations of Liverpool sailors to keep scurvey at bay.
What's not to like ?!
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