Chinese Custart Tarts
photo by Island Gurl
- Ready In:
- 55mins
- Ingredients:
- 8
- Serves:
-
30
ingredients
directions
- To make the pastry, sift flour and salt into bowl. Rub lard into flour until mixture resembles fine breadcrumbs.
- Mix in hot water to form a firm dough. Knead lightly on lightly floured surface.
- Roll out 3mm (1/8 inch) thickness. Cut out with an 8cm (3 inch) fluted cutter. Put into greased patty tins.
- Beat together eggs and sugar. Gradually add milk. Mix in food colouring. Mix well.
- Pour custart carefully into prepared pastry cases. Bake in hot oven (250°C/475°F) for 10 minutes, reduce heat to moderately hot (220°C/425°F), cook further 10-15 minutes, until set. Keep an eye on these while cooking, as mine only needed the first 10 minutes.
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