Friday, July 18, 2008

Custard and Fruit Tartlets


Ingredients for Short Crust Pastry
125g butter
60g castor sugar
1 egg
250g plain flour

Ingredients for Custard Filling
2 egg yolks
30g sugar
1tbsp.custard flour
1tbsp.cornflour
1 cup milk
A few drops of vanilla essence
For topping-strawberries,dark cherries,kiwi fruit,peaches and green grapes(as desired)

Method(Pastry):
1.Cream butter with castor sugar until light.
2.Add in eggs and flour to form dough.
3.Roll out dough,cut and line tartlet moulds.
4.Prick the pastry with a fork before baking it in a preheated oven at 425F/220 degree celcius until golden brown.
5.Place 2 tbsp.of custard onto each tartlet before topping with desired fruits.

To make custard
1.In a saucepan,combine egg yolks with 1 tbsp.milk,then add sugar ,custard flour,cornflour and remainig milk.
2.Cook until it begins to boil,and stir for a minute.
3.Remove from heat and cool.Add vanilla.

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