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Egg custard tarts

Smooth egg custard tarts with a crisp buttery pastry and a creamy rich egg custard filling are so simple yet so delicious. No surprise that this dessert has now become a classic.
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Ingredients

Method

1.In a food processor, combine flour, 2/3 cup sugar and butter. Pulse until crumbs form. Add egg-yolk and process until mixture binds together.
2.Turn pastry out onto a lightly floured surface. Use hands to gently bring together and cut in half. Roll each half out between 2 sheets of baking paper to 3- 4mm thick. Chill 10 minutes.
3.Lightly grease a 12-hole muffin pan and line each recess with 2 strips of baking paper crossed at the base. Using a 1 2cm round cutter, cut circles from pastry. Ease into recesses. Chill until required.
4.Preheat oven to hot, 200°C.
5.To make custard, combine 1/2 cup sugar and water in a medium saucepan. Stir over a low heat until sugar dissolves. Increase heat to high and bring to the boil. Remove from heat and cool. Whisk condensed milk and eggs into cooled syrup. Pour into a large jug.
6.Pour custard mixture evenly among cases. Bake 15-20 minutes, until set. Serve warm.

Bake tarts on the middle shelf of the oven and place an oven my on the top shelf above tarts, to prevent tops from overbrowning. Brush warm tarts with some extra sugar syrup, for shine, after baking.

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