This recipe is also called as egg custard tart recipe or just custard pie. The ingredients required for this recipe are:
Ingredients
- All Purpose Flour, 150 grams
- Butter, 80 grams
- Eggs, 3 + Egg Yolks, 2 (lightly beaten)
- Single Cream, 1 pint
- Vanilla Extract, ½ teaspoon
- Nutmeg (freshly grated), ½
- Salt, a pinch
- Water, 3 tablespoons
Method
- In a bowl, mix flour, butter and salt. Now rub the mixture, till the flour resembles fine breadcrumbs. You may want to read on brownies recipes.
- Add water to the mixture and stir till the dough binds together. If you feel the mixture is too dry, add some more water to it.
- Wrap the dough in cling film and chill in the refrigerator for half an hour.
- Gently roll the dough and line the base of the tart tin. When you are rolling the dough make sure you do not over stretch, as it may develop cracks in the oven. For more information, read cake recipes.
- All over the pastry brush a little beaten egg. This helps in sealing the pastry, when you are cooking it.
- Beat eggs and egg yolks with sugar. Also warm the cream to a gentle simmer and then slowly pour the cream over the beaten eggs.
- Add vanilla extract and pour the mixture through a sieve into the pastry case and sprinkle nutmeg on top. Read more on custard recipe with custard powder.
- Heat the oven to 425 degrees Fahrenheit. Place the tart onto the baking sheet and bake in the preheated oven for 12 to 15 minutes to brown the pastry.
- Reduce the temperature to 350 degrees Fahrenheit and continue to bake the tart for 20 to 25 minutes, till you see the custard is set.
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