Portuguese Tarts Recipe

• 1 whole egg (large)
• 2 egg yolks (large)
• 115g golden caster sugar
• 2 tbsp cornflour
• 400ml full fat (creamy) milk
• 2 tsp vanilla extract
• 1 sheet ready rolled puff pastry

1. Grease/butter a 12 muffin tin and pre-heat oven to 200C/180C fan/Gas 6
2. Put egg, yolks, sugar & cornflour in a bowl and mix well together then gradually add the milk until mixture is well mixed and smooth.
3. Place into a pan on medium heat and stir constantly until mixture thickens and comes to the boil. Remove pan from heat and stir in vanilla extract.
4. Put custard in a glass bowl to cool and cover with cling film. This is important to stop a skin from forming on the top.
5. Cust pastry sheet into two pieces and place them on top of each other. Roll the pastry firmly, from the short edge, into a thick sausage shape and cut into 12 even sized rounds.
6. On a lightly floured board, roll each round into a disc (approx. 10cm) and press the pastry into the muffin tin.
7. Spoon in the cooled custard and bake for 20-25mins until golden and delicious looking on top.
8. Leave to cool in the tin for 5 mins then transfer to a cooling rack to finish cooling. However we recommend eating slightly warm.

Portuguese Tarts Recipe