Egg custard tarts

Recipes / Eggs

It takes just four simple ingredients to make these tasty tarts.

Recipe «Egg custard tarts» presented in category Recipes / Eggs, to prepare this dish you will need no more 25 minutes. To make this dish at home by prescription from the author sheff would need: 70g caster sugar, 80ml water, 2 eggs, lightly beaten, 2 sheets frozen butter puff pastry, just thawed .

Ingredients:

  • 70g caster sugar 
  • 80ml water 
  • 2 eggs, lightly beaten 
  • 2 sheets frozen butter puff pastry, just thawed 

Instructions

  1. Place sugar and water in a small saucepan over medium-low heat and stir until the sugar dissolves. Set aside to cool.
  2. Whisk the eggs and sugar syrup in a bowl to combine (do not overwhisk). Strain the mixture into a small jug.
  3. Preheat oven to 150°C. Use a 7cm-diameter fluted pastry cutter to cut 12 discs from the pastry. Line twelve 30ml (1 1/2-tablespoons) capacity patty pans with the pastry discs.
  4. Divide the egg mixture among the pastry cases. Bake in oven for 20 minutes or until the custard is set and the pastry is light golden. Serve warm or at room temperature.