Portuguese Custard tarts

[courton]

Will measure my muffin tin...thanks chookie

[snappy]

I just made mini tarts to take into work for a fundraising morning tea tomorrow.  They are good but i think a little too mini - more pastry than custard.  I only chose to make them that small so that they woild be 'bite' size but i think i will definitely make them larger next time.

And i made the custard using only powdered milk - no cream and still turned out just fine so i wouldnt bother going out to buy cream next time.

[EmeraldSue]

Chookie, these are fantastic. These are the best things I have made so far.
I made them in my Thermo Chef, so I reduced the temperature to 80C and increased the speed to 3 when cooking the custard for the 13 minutes. I have trouble with the TC burning custard, and only a little caught on the bottom, so next time I might drop the temp even further for part of the cooking time. I love the fact that I got 12 tarts from one sheet of puff pastry, and the filling was just right to fill all 12 tarts.

[cookie1]

I don't know how I ever missed this. All your tarts look really tasty. The car club boys would love these on a cold day. Thanks Chookie's.

[achookwoman]

Emerald Sue,  glad you liked them.   I also like having to use just one sheet of puff pastry.

Snappy, for the mini ones, I think the ratio of custard to pastry would not be right.  Good idea though to make mini ones.

[frazzled_mom]

I made these little beauties for desserts yesterday. It went in a snap. Hubby likes them so much, he put an order for more of these tarts for next week. 😁

Although i used 400ml of milk and no cream. Just to cut on the calories. Still yummy and smooth.

I also put a cinnamon quill when cooking and put tmx to reverse to avoid chopping up the quill. Might try with lemon zest next time as per chookie's idea.

I found it hard to roll the pastry to round shapes. Ended up with wonky oval-ly shaped rather than nice round ones. Thus might try use cookie cutter for better presentation next time

[frazzled_mom]

Sorry i meant achookwoman, not chookie. My bad. 😜

[judydawn]

Frazzled_mum, achookwoman and chookie are one and the same person 

[achookwoman]

Frazzled Mum,  they still look pretty good to me. My DH also ordered a second lot.

[cookie1]

I really must make some of these. They look so nice.

[frazzled_mom]

Yes cookie, definitely try to make some of these. Super easy!!

Thx to chookie for posting this awesome recipe!!! 😁

[frazzled_mom]

Judy Dawn, the photo only looks nice cos i took it from the top. The pastry at the bottom were all wonky looking and some custard were spilling over from the side of the pastry "bowls". 😁

Gonna make them for my DS class event, so gonna work on the presentation. 😊

[judydawn]

I'm sure your next batch will be perfect frazzled_mum - you are one step ahead of me, I haven't even done them yet

[snappy]

I'm sure your next batch will be perfect frazzled_mum - you are one step ahead of me, I haven't even done them yet

JD - don't make them!  They are so delicious you just end up eating them all in one day - after all chookie said they are best warm from the oven. That's my excuse anyway 

[achookwoman]

Girls,  I am NEVER EVER going to make them again,  because I love them.  I have to hide them from DH as he also loves them.  We had visitors the other night and the DH kept disappearing out to the kitchen ,  and another one would go missing.  He said he thought the dog had eaten it.  We don't have a dog.