Portuguese Egg Tart

Total Time: 1 hr 50 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 20 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 14
• 150 g flour
• 2 tablespoons cornflour
• 1 1/2 tablespoons icing sugar
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1 egg yolk
• 100 g butter
• 2 eggs
• 1 tablespoon condensed milk
• 1 pinch salt
• 100 ml evaporated milk
• 200 ml water
• 2 tablespoons sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla essence

Recipe

• 1 method for pastry:.
• 2 sift flour, salt, icing sugar & corn flour together.
• 3 rub butter lightly into sifted flour till mixture resembles breadcrumbs.
• 4 add egg yolk to form a dough. chill dough in refrigerator for 1 hour.
• 5 roll dough out thinly and cut to line greased patty tins.
• 6 prick pastry with a fork and brush with egg .
• 7 bake in a preheated oven at 180 ºc for 20 minutes or till golden brown.
• 8 method for custard:.
• 9 beat eggs, condensed milk and salt lightly in a bowl.
• 10 heat evaporated milk with water and sugar. set aside to cool.
• 11 pour gradually into the egg mix.
• 12 add vanilla essence and strain.
• 13 slowly spoon egg mixture into patty tins.