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	Podcast:		Recipe for the day
	Episode:		Strawberry and custard tart
	Category:		Arts
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	Publish Date:		2018-04-12 05:21:12
	Description:		Strawberry and custard tart Echoes of summer to be! For 4 servings For the pastry 180 g plain white flour 90 g very cold butter 40 g golden caster sugar Mix these together, preferably in a food processor, and then add 1 whole egg It will come into a ball and then set aside. Grease a 20 cm flan tin, using butter. Roll out the pastry to about 4 mm and bake blind at 190ºC, 375ºF, Gas 5 for about 15 minutes, weighed down with baking beans or dry pasta. Let the pastry cool completely and brush the surface with strawberry jam. For the custard 250 ml milk at room temperature (a little extra incase you need it) 1 rounded tablespoon of cornflour mixed with some of the sugar and milk to form a paste. Heat the milk very slowly, add the sugar and 1 teaspoon vanilla extract. As it is heating add the cornflour mix, stirring with a small balloon whisk. Add 3 egg yolks and whisk in. Slowly bring to the boil, and it should be thicker. It should be spoonable thick. Transfer to a cold bowl and cover with greaseproof paper. Carefully spoon the custard over the flan case then top with strawberries cut in half. You can cook them a little, mix them with jam for a glaze.
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