Chinese Egg Tart

Name: Chinese Egg Tart (Chi tan ta)
Cuisine: Chinese
Ingredients: 1-¼ cup boiling water; 1 cup sugar; ½ pound butter or lard or shortening; 5 eggs; ½ pound butter or lard or shortening; ½ pound butter or lard or shortening; 2 tablespoons lard or shortening; 1-¼ cup cake flour; 1 egg; 2 tablespoons flour (all purpose); 2 tablespoons lard or shortening; 2 tablespoons flour (all purpose)

Chi tan ta

Preparation info

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Pei-Mei’s Chinese Cookbook

By Fu Pei-Mei

Published 1969

About

Ingredients

1 egg
1 cup sugar
1-¼ cup boiling water

Asia
Taiwan
Pie

Method

Place inside layer ingredients (butter and flour) on a board and knead them thoroughly. (This is inside layer).
Place outside layer ingredients (lard, flour and egg) on a board and mix them gently with the right hand. (This is outside layer).
Put dough #1 and #2 in the refrigerator for about 15 minutes.
Add boiling water to the sugar. Blend