Chinese Style Egg Custard Tarts

Total Time: 45 mins Preparation Time: 25 mins Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• 8 ounces soften butter
• 4 ounces confectioners' sugar
• 1 egg (sift egg through strainer)
• 13 ounces flour
• 3 -5 drops vanilla extract
• 4 ounces sugar
• 24 ounces water
• 3 -5 drops vanilla extract
• 9 eggs (sift egg through strainer after eggs have been beaten)
• 8 ounces evaporated milk (or regular milk is fine too)

Recipe

• 1 direction to make crust.
• 2 mix sugar, butter and flour.
• 3 then add egg and vanilla extract.
• 4 mix well.
• 5 texture of dough should be slightly moist, not dry (add margarine if too dry), and not oily (add flour if too oily).
• 6 pull dough and make a ball shape to about 1.
• 7 5 inch diameter, then press into tart mould, start from the center then push up until it goes higher than the side, then use two fingers to shape the edge to a a shape.
• 8 boil sugar and water until sugar is melted.
• 9 cool down to room temperature.
• 10 add eggs, vanilla extract and evaporated milk.
• 11 filter the mixture through the strainer.
• 12 pour into the tart crust.
• 13 preheat oven for 10 minutes.
• 14 bake at 230 degrees (c) for 15-20minutes until golden brown and the filling raise up a little bit.