Portuguese Custard Tarts

Name: Portuguese Custard Tarts
Yield: Makes 12
Ingredients: 1 tablespoon custard powder; 4 egg yolks; 1 teaspoon vanilla extract; 25 g (1 oz) Copha (white vegetable shortening), chopped and softened; 150 g (5½ oz/1¼ cups) plain (all-purpose) flour; 30 g (1 oz/¼ cup) cornflour(cornstarch); 500 ml (17 fl oz/2 cups) milk; 220 g (7¾ oz/1 cup) sugar; 30 g (1 oz) unsalted butter, chopped and softened

Preparation info

Makes
12

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

The Cook's Book of Everything

By Lulu Grimes

Published 2009

About

Ingredients

150 g (5½ oz/1¼ cups) plain (all-purpose) flour
25

Pastry
Vegetarian

Method

Sift the flour into a large bowl and add about 185 ml (6 fl oz/¾ cup)