July 10, 2011

Baking project - Egg Tarts

Ingredient
Crust
- 250grams flour
- 60grams icing sugar
- 70grams butter
- 1 egg yolk
- 1/2 egg white
- 1/4 tsp vanilla essence

Filling
- 3 eggs
- 280grams fresh milk
- 160grams castor sugar
- 1/4 Vanilla essence
- 1 tsp rum ( I didn't use rum, no rum at home. )

1. Beat the butter and sugar until fluffy, then add in yolk, egg white and vanilla essence.
2. Mix the flour, and knead until it firm into. Dough. Don't attempt to add flour, because it will turn into dough after kneading.
3. Leave it to rest for 15mins.
4. Mould the dough in tart moulds
5. Bake it in a lower tray for 10 mins at 175 deg c
6. Dissolve sugar in fresh milk over medium heat.
7. Remove the milk syrup from the heat, add in the eggs mixture gradually and light whisk, but not foamy.
8. Pour the eggs mixture into the slightly baked crust using a sieve.
9. Return the tarts into the oven, 10 mins at 175 deg c.
10. Voila!

Lesson
1. Don't add flour even if sticky while kneading. Keep kneading, it will form into dough.
2. Too much sugar in the tart mixture, cut half the sugar!!!!
3. Don't whisk the egg mixture till foamy.
4. Try 5 mins on 200 deg c for the crust only. Just need the crust turn slightly white, don't have to be cooked since the tarts will be sent into the oven again.
5. Need more same size tart mould.
6. Will try to add in rum next time.

Recipe adopted from a blogger, and I m so so so sorry, didn't manage to save the sites, will try to search again and post it here later.

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