Title: Cape Breton 'pork Pies'
Categories: Dessert
Yield: 1 Servings

TART SHELLS
1	c	Butter
4	ts	Icing sugar; confectioner's
2	c	Flour
FILLING
2	c	Dates; chopped
1 1/2	c	Brown sugar
1	c	-Water
		Lemon juice

"How these little tarts got their name remains a mystery to us. It could be that pork fat was once used as the shortening or it just moght be a reflection of the wonderful Cape Breton sense of humor."

Tart Shells: Cut the butter into the flour; add the suga rand knead until well blended. Press small amounts of dough into small muffin tins. Press small amounts of dough into small muffin tins. Bake in a 425F oven for 10 minutes. When cool fill with the following:

Filling: Simmer the above ingredients until the dates are of soft consistency. Cool; then fill the tart shells. Ice with butter icing.

Source: _Out of Old Nova Scotia Kitchens_

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