White Peach & Cherry Tart

With an overwhelming surplus of white peaches and cherries that I purchased last week, it's time to put them through their paces. Having had a fair crack at trying to finish them all, there's one thing left to do and that's to make a tart. I apologise in advance for it's not so graceful appearance. It's too humid to peel the pastry in neat strips to make the lattice top, and I've sadly had to just 'artistically' spread the resemblance of pastry over the top. Thank goodness for a heavy helping of apricot jam over the top to camouflage the mess. Apart from following a recipe for the base, the filling was completely improvised to use up as many of the said ingredients. Woman on a mission.
1) Sift 280g of all purpose flour into a large bowl.
2) Using fingertips, lightly rub in 140g cold unsalted butter (Nuttalex in my case), until the mixture resembles fine breadcrumbs.
3) Make a well in the centre, then add 90mL iced water to the well. Mix using a flat-bladed knife until a rough dough forms, adding a little extra water.
4) Gently gather the dough together, then roll out in a circle between two sheets of baking paper, to fit the base and side of a 20cm round loose-based tart tin.
5) Line the tin with the pastry and trim edges, reserving the excess pastry. Re-roll the pastry scraps between the two sheets of baking paper into a rough rectangle. Cover with glad wrap and refrigerate, with the pastry-lined tin, for 30 minutes.
6) Pre-heat the oven to 180C. Slice 8 white peaches and pip a generous handful of cherries. Place them in a saucepan with 1 cup of water and 1/2 cup of sugar. Bring to the boil.
7) Take the fruit off the heat and take the pastry out of the fridge.
8) Spoon the fruit mixture into the pastry-lined tin, and slice the flat layer of pastry into strips. Cross hatch the pastry over the top of the tart.
9) Place 2 tablespoons of apricot jam in a small bowl and microwave for 10 seconds. Using a basting brush, glaze the top of the tart and bake in the over for 50 minutes.
Ice-cream, you scream we all scream for ice-cream. What a tart.