Portuguese Custard Tarts

Rich egg custard in crisp and flaky pastry.

Ingredients

 1 cup milk

1 cup sugar

3 Tbsp cornflour

6 egg yolks

1 tsp vanilla extract

1 packet frozen puff pastry sheets(thawed)

Method

• Preheat oven to 190 degree Celsius. Lightly grease and line 12 muffin cups with the pastry sheets, pressing the pastry sheets to the bottom and sides of the muffin cups.
• Combine milk, cornflour, sugar and vanilla in a saucepan. Cook this mixture on a medium low heat until it starts to  thicken.
• In a separate bowl mix the egg yolks with half cup of the above prepared milk mixture. Whisk well.

• Add this yolk mixture gradually back into the milk mixture, stirring continuously Cook whisking continuously until the whole mixture thickens.
•  Remove from heat and pour this mixture equally into each pastry sheet lined in the muffin cups.
• Bake for 20 minutes or until the crust of the pastry turns golden brown and the custard filling is lightly browned.
• Serve warm.