Thursday, April 24, 2008

Fresh Fruit Custard Tart


Pastry :
  • 40g Icing sugar
  • 1 Egg yolk
  • 180g Plain flour
  • 100g Unsalted butter (at room temperature)

Filings :

  • 40g Sugar
  • 160 ml milk
  • 2 Egg yolk
  • 12g Custard powder
  • 1 tsp Vanila extract
  • Some fresh fruit

Method :

  1. (1) Beat butter until smooth. Add icing sugar & beat until pale & fluffy. Add egg yolk & mix well.
  2. (2) Add flour & stir well. Knead into a dough. Wrap it with cling wrap & place in fridge for a least 30 mins.
  3. (3) Preheat the oven 180 oC for about 15 mins.
  4. (4) Roll the pastry to 2 mm thickness. Cut it sightly larger than the mould with a small knife. Press into tart
    moulds. Punch holes at the bottom. Bake until golden.
  5. (5) For the fillings, boil 100 ml milk & sugar until the sugar dissolved.
  6. (6) Mix the remaining milk with custard powder. Add the egg yolk. Stir in (5). Pour into a pot & cook until thicken. Chill until cool.
  7. (7) Beat the custard until smooth. Put into the tart shell. Serve with fresh fruit.

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