Custard tart with prune kernel oilCustard tart with prune kernel oil

custard tart with prune kernel oil

Ingredients for the short crust pastry:

  • 200 g of flour
  • 100 g of butter
  • 1/4 teaspoon of salt
  • 1 teaspoon of vanilla sugar
  • 50 ml of water

For the filling:

  • 1/2 litre of milk
  • 60 g of flour
  • 150 g of caster sugar
  • 2 teaspoons of vanilla sugar
  • 1 dessert spoon of prune kernel oil
  • 1 pinch of salt
  • 6 eggs

Preparation:

  1. Preheat the oven to 180 °C
  2. Prepare the shortcrust pastry. Roll the pastry out to a thickness of about 3 mm. Line a greased and floured flan tin. Prick the base several times with a fork. Cook the pastry blind for 15 minutes.
  3. In the meantime, mix the flour, caster sugar, vanilla sugar, eggs, salt and the dessert spoon of prune kernel oil in a large bowl.
  4. Heat the milk to around 70 °C and add to the mixture, mixing thoroughly.
  5. Fill the pastry case and cook the tart for 40 minutes.

Chef’s tip!

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For those food lovers who are watching their waistlines, you can still treat yourselves with a lighter version without pastry! For the light version, begin the recipe at step 3.