Easy and Quick Tart
- 150 grams Pancake mix
- 3 tbsp Vegetable oil or olive oil
- 2 tbsp Milk or soy milk
- 1 pinch Salt
- 15 grams Cake flour
- 50 grams Sugar
- 200 ml Milk or soy milk
- 2 Eggs
- 1 dash Vanilla essence (optional)
- Make the tart crust Put the oil, milk (or soy milk) and salt in a bowl and mix well with a whisk.
- Add the pancake mix and mix.
- (If you use a plastic bag over your hand like a glove, it'll make things easier.)
- Put the Step 1 dough on a sheet of plastic wrap.
- Put another sheet of plastic wrap on top, and roll the dough out evenly to a size that's big enough to cover the tart tin (bottom and sides).
- See Hints.
- Butter the tart tin lightly.
- Peel the plastic wrap on the top of the pastry dough, and invert the dough onto the tin with the plastic on the bottom still on it.
- Push the dough into the tart tin over the plastic.
- Cut off the excess dough with a knife.
- Reinforce the sides of the crust, roll out the cut off dough and cut into thin strips.
- Push the strips onto any thin parts of the sides of the tart crust.
- Poke in holes with a fork, and bake in a preheated 180C oven for 18 to 20 minutes.
- Take the crust out of the tin when it has cooled.
- I changed the amount of pancake mix used to 200 g. I recommend it for people who like thick crusts, or for those who've never tried baking a tart crust before.
- Make the custard cream filling.
- Make sure the crust has cooled completely before spreading the cream.
- Combine the cake flour and sugar in a heatproof bowl.
- Mix in the milk (or soy milk).
- Add the eggs and mix well.
- Cover the bowl loosely with plastic wrap (if using soy milk, see Step 11) and microwave for 2 minutes 30 seconds.
- Mix with a small whisk or 4 chopsticks held together, and microwave for an additional 2 minutes.
- Repeat microwaving and mixing while observing the consistency of the cream.
- If the lines made by the whisk disappear as soon as you move it, the cream is still too thin.
- Custard cream made with soy milk thickens quicker.
- Using 2 medium sized eggs and a 500w microwave, it takes 2 minutes of microwaving x 2 times, 1 minute, then for 30 seconds.
- If using milk, after Step 9, it takes 1 minute of microwaving x 2 times, 30 seconds x 4 times.
- Microwave in short increments and mix diligently to make the cream smooth and delicious.
- Sprinkle in some vanilla essence and mix in to finish.
- (Optional.)
- The custard cream is done once you can see that the surface has stiffened when you take it out of the microwave.
- Additionally, the cream should feel very thick when you mix it!
- When you scoop it up with a whisk, it should form soft peaks, and the cream should slowly fall with a plop.
- The custard will stiffen a bit more when it's cooled.
- If the custard is too loose, it will run out of the tart when its sliced, so I recommend cooking it to a rather stiff stage while it's warm.
- Pour the custard cream into the tart crust after removing it from the tin.
- Top with fruits to finish.
- Here the tart is topped with thinly sliced strawberries.
- I lined them in a sunburst pattern starting from the edge.
- If you finish this with powdered sugar or a gelatin glaze, it will be even prettier.
- Here I used a can of mandarin oranges.
- If you pat them dry first with paper towels, the custard cream won't become soggy.
- I topped it with strawberries cut in half.
- I used up a whole pack.
- Be extravagant when strawberries are cheap.
pancake mix, vegetable oil, milk, salt, flour, sugar, milk, eggs, vanilla
Taken from cookpad.com/us/recipes/144411-easy-and-quick-tart (may not work)