Portugese Custard Tarts

Method

• step 1

  Lightly grease a 12 hole muffin tin and pre-heat oven to 200C/180C fan/Gas 6

• step 2

  Put egg, yolks, sugar & cornflour in a pan and mix well together then gradually add the milk until mixture is well mixed and smooth.

• step 3

  Place pan on medium heat and stir constantly until mixture thickens and comes to the boil. Remove pan from heat and stir in vanilla extract.

• step 4

  Put custard in a glass/ceramic bowl to cool and cover with cling film to prevent skin forming.

• step 5

  Cust pastry sheet into two pieces and place them on top of each other. Roll the pastry tightly, from the short side, into a log and cut the log into 12 even sized rounds.

• step 6

  On a lightly floured board, roll each round into a disc (approx. 10cm) and press the pastry discs into the muffin tin.

• step 7

  Spoon in the cooled custard and bake for 20-25mins until golden on top. Leave to cool in the tin for 5mins then move to a cooling rack to finish cooling although they can be eaten warm.