Rhubarb Custard Cups

Phyllo cups filled with orange flavoured custard, topped with a berry-rhubarb sauce. A great dessert for a springtime dinner.

• Ready In: 45 mins
• Serves: 12

Ingredients

• Phyllo cups

• 4  sheets  frozen phyllo dough, thawed
• 1⁄4 cup unsalted butter, melted
• 2  tablespoons granulated sugar

• Custard

• 2  tablespoons granulated sugar
• 2  tablespoons  store-bought  custard powder
• 1⁄2 orange, zest of, finely grated
• 1  cup half-and-half cream
• 1⁄2 teaspoon vanilla

• Berry-rhubarb sauce

• 1  cup fresh raspberries or 1  cup frozen unsweetened raspberries
• 2 1⁄2 cups fresh rhubarb, chopped (frozen can be used)
• 1⁄2 cup granulated sugar
• 2  tablespoons cornstarch

Directions

1. Custard cups:
2. Preheat oven to 350F (180C).
3. Lightly coat or spray a 12-cup muffin tin with oil.
4. Place 1 phyllo sheet on a large cutting board.
5. Lightly brush with butter, then sprinkle with 1 1/2 tsp sugar. Cover with another phyllo sheet. Line up all edges.
6. Repeat brushing, sprinkling and layering with 2 more phyllo sheets, ending with sugar sprinkled overtop.
7. Cut phyllo stack into 12 equal squares. Carefully place 1 square stack in muffin cup, pressing around bottom with your fingers to form a cup. Leave sides of phyllo upright. Do not fold over.
8. Repeat with remaining phyllo square stacks. Prick bottoms of cups with a fork.
9. Bake in centre of preheated oven until crispy and golden, 7 to 9 minutes. Remove to a cooling rack.
10. Custard:
11. In a small saucepan, stir 2 tbsp sugar with custard powder until evenly mixed.
12. Stir in orange peel.
13. Gradually stir in about 1/4 cup cream until no lumps remain. Then gradually stir in remaining cream and vanilla.
14. Place over medium heat. Stir with a wooden spoon until gently boiling and thickened, 5 minutes.
15. Pour into a medium-size bowl. Press plastic wrap onto surface. Refrigerate until cold, at least 1 hour or overnight.
16. Berry-rhubarb sauce:
17. Place frozen or fresh berries in a large saucepan. If fruit is in a frozen block, it will take longer to cook. You will have to break it up with a spoon.
18. Add rhubarb. Mix 1/2 cup sugar with cornstarch and stir in until blended.
19. Place over medium heat. You do not have to add any water – juices come out of the fruit as it cooks.
20. Stir often until a thick sauce forms, 10 to 15 minutes.
21. Stir constantly for the last few minutes of cooking. Reduce heat if sauce starts to stick.
22. To serve - spoon about 2 teaspoons of custard into each phyllo cup. Top with rhubarb mixture. Garnish with a mint or lemon balm leaf.
23. Note: To prepare this recipe in advance - Prepare phyllo cups, custard and rhubarb sauce. Store cups, covered, at room temperature up to 4 days. Refrigerate sauce, covered, up to 3 days and custard up to 1 day. Fill just before serving.