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Custard tart

So simple, yet so delicious - nothing quite beats a creamy custard tart recipe with buttery pastry and topped with a grating of nutmeg. Perfect with a cup of hot tea or coffee.
custard tartWoman's Day
8
20M
45M
1H 5M

Ingredients

Filling

Method

1.Sift flour and icing sugar together into a large bowl. Add butter; rub in using fingertips, until mixture resembles breadcrumbs. Add yolk to make a firm but pliable dough. Knead lightly. Wrap in plastic wrap; chill 30 minutes.
2.Meanwhile, preheat oven to hot, 200°C. Lightly grease a 23cm round, loose-bottomed flan pan. Place on an oven tray.
3.Roll pastry out between 2 sheets of baking paper. Ease into prepared pan, trimming edges; chill 15 minutes.
4.Bake-blind by lining pastry case with baking paper and filling with dried beans, rice or weights; bake 10 minutes. Remove paper and filling; bake a further 5 minutes. Cool. Brush with jam. Reduce oven to moderate, 180°C.
5.To make filling, scrape seeds from centre of each vanilla bean half into a bowl; discard pods. Add milk, eggs, cream and sugar to bowl with vanilla seeds; whisk until combined. Pour mixture into pastry case; bake 25-30 minutes, or until just set. Sift nutmeg over mixture.
6.Remove tart from oven. Allow to cool; chill 2 hours. Serve topped with raspberries.

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