Chinese Style Egg Custard Tarts
- Crust Ingredient
- 8 ounces soften butter
- 4 ounces confectioners' sugar
- 1 egg (sift egg through strainer)
- 13 ounces flour
- 3 -5 drops vanilla extract
- Egg Filling Ingredient
- 4 ounces sugar
- 24 ounces water
- 3 -5 drops vanilla extract
- 9 eggs (sift egg through strainer after eggs have been beaten)
- 8 ounces evaporated milk (or regular milk is fine too)
- Direction to make crust.
- Mix sugar, butter and flour.
- Then add egg and vanilla extract.
- Mix well.
- Texture of dough should be slightly moist, not dry (add margarine if too dry), and not oily (add flour if too oily).
- Pull dough and make a ball shape to about 1.
- 5 inch diameter, then press into tart mould, start from the center then push up until it goes higher than the side, then use two fingers to shape the edge to a A shape.
- Boil sugar and water until sugar is melted.
- Cool down to room temperature.
- Add eggs, vanilla extract and evaporated milk.
- Filter the mixture through the strainer.
- Pour into the tart crust.
- Preheat oven for 10 minutes.
- Bake at 230 degrees (C) for 15-20minutes until golden brown and the filling raise up a little bit.
crust, butter, sugar, egg, flour, vanilla, egg filling, sugar, water, vanilla, eggs, milk
Taken from www.food.com/recipe/chinese-style-egg-custard-tarts-42189 (may not work)