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Portuguese Tarts Recipe
Ingredients
1 Level Tablespoon Cornflour
1 ½ Cups Milk
½ Cup White Sugar
2 Level Tablespoons Plain Flour
1 Level Tablespoon Butter, Melted
4 Whisked Eggs
1 Packet Filo Pastry (5-10 sheets)
1 Teaspoon Natural Vanilla Essence
Equipment:
2 Muffin Trays (18 tarts total)
Medium sized Saucepan
Small Bowl
Pastry Brush
1 Drinking Glass
Method:
- Pour Milk and Sugar into Saucepan
- Boil, then remove from heat.
- Whisk Eggs in Bowl
- Sift Plain Flour and Cornflour into Egg mixture
- Squash out any lumps with the back of a spoon
- Allow Saucepan to cool, then Add Egg mixture
- Reduce to low heat, then Stir mixture for 3 min or until Thick
- Remove mixture from heat
- Melt Butter into warm mixture
- Lightly grease Muffin Trays
- Preheat oven to 250°C (500°F )
- Microwave a small amount of Butter in the Drinking Glass
- Unroll Filo Pastry on a Flat Surface
- Brush Pastry, one sheet at a time until moist with Butter
- Tear sheet irregularly into small pieces like paper
- Poke pieces into Muffin Tray, to form Cups for each Tart
- Use 3-4 Sheets thickness for the Base of each Cup
- Spoon individual globs of Custard into each Cup
- Use the Pastry Brush to paint in the sides of each Cup towards the Centre
- Place trays in oven at 250°C (500°F ) for 30mins
- Tarts are cooked when Golden Brown on Top
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