Chinese Style Egg Custard Tarts

Wildcat's Note:

Very easy to make chinese style Egg Tart, you can put the leftover in the refrigerator for 3 days, you can also reduce the sugar used on the crust and the filling to fit your taste, what I have here is only lightly sweetened, hope you enjoy it!

• Total Time: 45 mins
• Prep Time: 25 mins
• Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients:

Serves: 10-12

Yield: 10.0 tarts

Crust Ingredient

• 8 ounces soften butter
• 4 ounces confectioners' sugar
• 1 egg (sift egg through strainer)
• 13 ounces flour
• 3 -5 drops vanilla extract

Egg Filling Ingredient

• 4 ounces sugar
• 24 ounces water
• 3 -5 drops vanilla extract
• 9 eggs (sift egg through strainer after eggs have been beaten)
• 8 ounces evaporated milk (or regular milk is fine too)

Directions:

1. Direction to make crust.
2. Mix sugar, butter and flour.
3. Then add egg and vanilla extract.
4. Mix well.
5. Texture of dough should be slightly moist, not dry (add margarine if too dry), and not oily (add flour if too oily).
6. Pull dough and make a ball shape to about 1.
7. 5 inch diameter, then press into tart mould, start from the center then push up until it goes higher than the side, then use two fingers to shape the edge to a A shape.
8. Boil sugar and water until sugar is melted.
9. Cool down to room temperature.
10. Add eggs, vanilla extract and evaporated milk.
11. Filter the mixture through the strainer.
12. Pour into the tart crust.
13. Preheat oven for 10 minutes.
14. Bake at 230 degrees (C) for 15-20minutes until golden brown and the filling raise up a little bit.

Reviews

[cheezeburger]

That oven temperature is way too hot! I turned mine down to about 350-375 F. It takes a longer cooking time, but turns out great. The consistency is a little different than the ones I've had a dim sum places, but my husband is very happy with them. I also ended up with way more filling than dough. This recipe makes more than 21 custard cups plus leftover filling.

[Chef #949500]

This came out way too watery and I had loads of leftover filling. I think the amount of water added should be lowered dramatically.

[Ria 1701]

we love these and they're so easy to make.