Portuguese Egg Tart
- Ingredients for Pasty
- 150 g flour
- 2 tablespoons cornflour
- 1 1/2 tablespoons icing sugar
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1 egg yolk
- 100 g butter
- Ingredients for custard
- 2 eggs
- 1 tablespoon condensed milk
- 1 pinch salt
- 100 ml evaporated milk
- 200 ml water
- 2 tablespoons sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla essence
- Method for pastry:.
- Sift flour, salt, icing sugar & corn flour together.
- Rub butter lightly into sifted flour till mixture resembles breadcrumbs.
- Add egg yolk to form a dough. Chill dough in refrigerator for 1 hour.
- Roll dough out thinly and cut to line greased patty tins.
- Prick pastry with a fork and brush with egg white.
- Bake in a preheated oven at 180 u0b0C for 20 minutes or till golden brown.
- Method for Custard:.
- Beat eggs, condensed milk and salt lightly in a bowl.
- Heat evaporated milk with water and sugar. Set aside to cool.
- Pour gradually into the egg mix.
- Add vanilla essence and strain.
- Slowly spoon egg mixture into patty tins.
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Taken from www.food.com/recipe/portuguese-egg-tart-189476 (may not work)