Custard Tart

Name: Custard Tart
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 1 h
Total time: 1 h 20 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: British
Ingredients: 1 sheet sweet shortcrust pastry; 5 egg yolks; 100g caster sugar; 1 tsp vanilla extract; 300ml double cream; 200ml whole milk; fresh nutmeg generous grating

A classic British baked custard tart with a blind-baked pastry case, silky egg and cream filling, and a generous grating of fresh nutmeg on top.

Total time

80 min

Prep

20 min

Cook

60 min

Difficulty

medium

Cuisine

British

vegetarian

Ingredients

1 sheetsweet shortcrust pastry

5egg yolks

100gcaster sugar

1 tspvanilla extract

300mldouble cream

200mlwhole milk

fresh nutmeggenerous grating

Instructions

Blind bake pastry at 180 degrees C 15 minutes.

Whisk yolks, sugar and vanilla.

Heat cream and milk until steaming. Pour over egg mixture. Strain.

Pour into pastry case.

Bake at 130 degrees C 40-45 minutes. Cool. Grate nutmeg over.

Nutrition (estimated)

Per serving, based on a standard 4-serving portion and standard nutrition references — not a lab or USDA-verified measurement.

Calories

536

Protein

6.4g

Fat

43.3g

Carbs

30.3g

Fiber

Sodium

52mg

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