Fruit Tartlets & Egg Tartlets

Fruit Tartlets

Chocolate Tartlets (specially for younger ds)

Home made fruit tarlets are always the best. I love baking them for my family.

This simple fruit tartlet recipe is taken from a cookbook and I've modified slightly.

Base - Sweet Shortcrust Pastry
Ingred:-
100g butter
160g plain flour
40g icing sugar
1 egg
a few drops of vanilla essence


Method:
1) Preheat oven to 180C.
2) Beat butter & sugar till well combined. Stir in egg and vanilla essence.
3) Add flour to egg mixture. Mix to a dough. Chill for 1 hour.
4) Roll dough thinly and cut into circles using a fluted round cutter.
5) Press pastry circles into tart tins.
6) Trim off excess pastry. Prick evenly with a fork.
8) Bake empty abt 15mins. Keep aside to cool.

Filling
Ingred:-
2 tbsps custard powder
120 ml milk
60g granulated sugar (i reduce to 40g)

Method:
1) Cook custard powder, milk and sugar over low heat.
2) Stir till boils and thickens. Leave it to cool.
3) Spoon mixture into empty tarts.
4) Decorate with fruits and brush with apricot jam.

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All time family favourites. Big Momma's Egg Tartlets. Thanks BM.