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These little beauties are in most bakeries and if you are a Vida fan you will probably have had them before and nowadays, with prepared pastry being freely available in the frozen food section of the supermarket you can whip up a batch in about 45 minutes.(makes 8 to 10)
What you need
400g frozen puff pastry thawed
Filling
1/3 cup sugar
1/3 cup water
2 cups milk
2 tablespoons maizena (corn flour)
2 egg yolks
1 teaspoon vanilla essence
The process
If you don’t have the individual patty tins, a muffin tin works just as well. None of those silicone muffin trays, it must be a metal one. Spray well with spray and cook or butter thoroughly.
Dust a surface with flour and roll out the pastry until it is very thin, about 3mm thick
all over.
Cut into 10 or 12cm circles depending on the size of your tins and place into the tins so
that the pastry comes up the sides of the tin and set aside.
Filling
In a pot over a low heat add the water and sugar and stir until the sugar has completely
dissolved, simmer for a further minute or 2 while you continue.
Mix the maizena with a little of the milk to form a paste. In bowl add all of the milk and
the maizena paste and add to the sugar, whisk and add the egg yolks and vanilla, whisk
again thoroughly and simmer stirring constantly until the custard thickens.
Remove from heat, and place a piece of clingfilm over the top to prevent a skin from
forming and leave to cool.
Heat the oven to 200 Celsius.
Fill the pastry shells to 3/4 full and place in the oven for 20 minutes or until the top of
the custard is golden brown and firm to the touch.
Yummy….
Try the portuguese Trinchado recipe
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Hi,
I made these this afternoon and it was a huge hit with my family. Priceless recipe. Graham you are God sent.
Thanks
Shalen
Thanks Shalen, have a fantastic day G
Hi. I made the Portuguese tarts yesterday and oh my gosh!!! They came out perfect! I normally buy them from Woolworths or a Fournos bakery, but now I’ll just make them myself. Thanks for the easy recipe!
Woohoo, great Alma they are always better home made. Have a wonderful day G
Hi Graham
How long in advance can I make the Custard tarts?
Hi Gina, they are always best same day but I wouldn’t make them much more than a day in advance. Cheers G
Graham. Help, please! My boss decided that to cut down on costs each of us have to provide something for the management meetings instead of ordering out. I have to make muffins … and I am awful at baking! Please, please could you provide easy muffin recipes, which are fool proof (or Carrie proof) and that taste good. I am never going to live up to Woolies muffins which I can no longer charge to my corporate card!
Hi Carrie, scones are great.. you can have them with jams etc for mornings or with cheese mid morning, quick and easy..
http://cookbook.co.za/baking/breakfast-scones/
I make muffins but not that often. here is an apple cinnamon muffin recipe.
http://cookbook.co.za/baking/apple-cinnamon-muffins/
Cheers for now
Hey Graham
Please tell me what the difference is in patty pans and muffin tins. Is patty pans the the ones that are shallow and smaller than the muffins pans? Thanks
Hi, the patty tins are individual moulds and are about 7cm deep, not trays. Cheers G