Custard tart

The custard tart!.  Children adore it.

 

For 10: Sweet shortcrust: 250g pl flour 125g butter 60g chilled water  2 pinches of salt 20g caster sugar Filling: 1 ltr milk 2 large eggs 180g caster sugar 120g cornflour 1 tbsp orange-flower water or 1 tsp vanilla essence 1 20-25cm flan tin

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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  Preheat oven to 150°.  Make the pastry and use to line the flan tin bringing it well up the sides.  Cover completely with tin foil ad bake blind for 20 mins at 150°.
• Remove from the oven and set aside.
  
• Preheat oven to 180°. Prepare the filling by first setting the milk to boil in a pan.  Mix the cornflour and sugar well in a large bowl, then add the eggs and beat till smooth.  
  
• As soon as the milk boils, pour a ¼ of it onto the egg mixture beating with a whisk to prevent lumps forming.  Whisk in the remaining milk and return to the pan.  Cook for a further 2 mins over a moderate heat whisking all the time.  Add the orange-flower water.
  
• Fill the pastry shell with the mixture and bake for 35-40 minutes.  The tart is cooked when it is golden.  The filling will puff up in the oven ; this is normal and nothing to worry about.
  
• Leave to cool in the tin.
• Bon appétit!

 

 

Variation: replace the large tin by 10 small ones or circles of pastry6.5X4cm.
This tart will keep 24 hours in the fridge.