Custard fruit tartlets
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Preparation Time: 10 minutes
Cook Time: 5 minutes
Serves: Makes about 6 tartlets or 1 large flan
Custard fruit tartlets
Ingredients
1 quantity (about 300 g) sweet flan pastry OR ½ quantity (about 300 g) rich shortcrust pastry
Filling
250ml milk
60ml (50 g) castor sugar
45ml Snowflake corn flour
1ml salt
30ml butter or margarine
5ml vanilla essence or fresh lemon juice
125ml fresh cream, whipped
1 extra-large egg, lightly beaten
Topping
400g fresh strawberries, sliced
Glaze
125ml water
80ml (75 g) castor sugar
Method
- Roll out pastry on a lightly floured surface, to a thickness of about 3 mm. Line greased tartlet bases. Prick bases and bake blind in a preheated oven at 190 °C for 10 minutes. Remove greaseproof paper and beans and continue baking for 5 minutes until pastry is golden brown. Leave to cool slightly.
- Filling: Heat milk in a small, heavy-based saucepan. Whisk sugar, corn flour, salt and egg together. Add a little heated milk to mixture and mix well. Pour back into saucepan. Boil for a few minutes, while whisking constantly to prevent lumps from forming. Remove from heat and add butter and essence. Leave to cool completely.
- Fold in whipped cream. Spoon filling into pastry bases.
- Topping: Arrange strawberries on top of custard filling.
- Glaze: Place the water and sugar in a small, heavy-based saucepan over high heat. Stir to dissolve sugar and bring to the boil. Simmer for about 10 minutes or until thickened. Remove from heat and set aside to cool. Glaze fruit. Dust with icing sugar.
