A
tart is a baked dish consisting of a filling over a
pastry base with an open top not covered with pastry. The pastry is usually
shortcrust pastry; the filling may be sweet or savoury, though modern tarts are usually fruit-based, sometimes with
custard.
Tartlet refers to a miniature tart; an example would be
egg tarts. Examples of tarts include jam tarts, which may be different colours depending on the flavour of the
jam used to fill them, and the
Bakewell tart.