Purple velvet tarts

Purple velvet tarts

Ingredients for pastry

• Egg yolk 1
• Flour 8 ounces
• Butter 5 ounces
• Cold water to knead as required
• Caster sugar 5 tbsp

Ingredients for custard

• Milk 2 cups
• Blue berry pie filling ½ tin
• Vanilla essence ½ tsp
• Sugar 6 tbsp
• Corn flour 2 tbsp heaped

Method for pastry

• Beat 5 ounce butter and 5 tbsp sugar add in 1 egg yolk, fold in 8 ounce flour and mix slightly into a dough, leave to rest in fridge for half hour, roll dough cut with tart cutter into small rounds, put into tart tray, bake for 20 minutes on 180 degree, remove and cool, fill with prepared custard cream, topped with tbsp of berries in centre, decorate with whipped cream if needed.

Method for custard

• In a sauce pan add 2 cups milk, 6 tbsp sugar, 2 tbsp corn flour and ½ tsp vanilla essence, cook stirring till thick.

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Dry fruit tart

Dry fruit tart

Ingredients for short crust base

• Butter 4 ounces
• Flour 6 ounces
• Caster sugar 2 ounces
• Vanilla essence few drops
• Egg 1 yolk

Ingredients for filling

• Raisin 2 tbsp
• Orange peeled 2 tbsp
• Almonds chopped 2 tbsp
• Glazed cherries 2 tbsp chopped red
• Glazed cherries 2 tbsp green
• Currents 2 tbsp
• Pistachio chopped 1 tbsp
• Walnuts chopped 1 tbsp
• Cinnamon ¼ tsp
• Egg 2
• Jam 3 tbsp

Method for base

• Beat butter with sugar and vanilla essence till fluffy, add egg yolk, fold in the flour, put mixture on the table and knead with a soft hand to form into a dough, sprinkle flour on table and roll the dough, cut with round cutter and spread into tart trays.

Method for filling

• In a bowl, mix together, raisins, orange peel, almonds chopped, green and red glazed cherries, currents, pistachio and walnuts chopped, cinnamon powder and 2 eggs, mix well put mixture in the empty tarts about 1 tbsp full bake on 180 degree for 20 minutes.

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Strawberry jell-o flan

Strawberry jell-o flan

 

Ingredients for flan

• Butter 5 ounces
• Sugar 5 ounces
• Flour 5 ounces
• Baking powder 1 tsp
• Eggs 2
• Strawberry essence ½ tsp
• Milk ¼ cup

Ingredients for vanilla cream

• Milk 1 ½ cup
• Sugar 5 tbsp
• Corn flour 2 tbsp heaped mixed with ¼ cup cold milk

Ingredients for filling

• Strawberry sliced 2 cups
• Fresh cream whipped 1 packet
• Strawberry jell-o 1 packet set in 1 cup water

Method for flan

• Beat butter and sugar till light and fluffy, add eggs 1 at a time, fold in the sieved flour and baking powder mixture, essence and milk, pour in the greased flan tin, bake in preheated oven 180 degree C for 15 to 20 minutes, remove and cool.

Method for vanilla cream

• Boil milk and sugar, thickens wit corn flour paste, add strawberry essence, cool, fold in half packet fresh cream.

To assemble

• Spread the baked flan on serving platter, moist with any fruit juice, fill the flan with vanilla cream, and decorate with strawberry slices, strawberry jell-o and fresh cream.

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