Strawberry Tart with Custard

A fresh Strawberry tart to be flavoured in a beautiful Spring day.

Ingredients:

6 brick pastry sheets
strawberries
Filling:
1/2 pint (300 ml) milk
4 tablespoons caster sugar
2 tablespoons butter
3 egg yolks
3 tablespoons flour

Preparation:

Cover a buttered tart mould with the Brick sheets and bake it until golden brown.

Prepare the filling: Mix the softened butter with the cornflour and add the milk.Beat in the yolks and add the sugar. Bring to the boil, stirring all the time and cook very gently until it thickens.

Place in the refrigerator. When it is cold pour into the baked pastry and place again in the refrigerator. After cooling filledd with the strawberries and serve it.

Portuguese Custard Tart - Pastel de Nata Tart

The original recipe for "Pasteis de Nata" was invented by two catholic sisters in the Mosteiro dos Jerónimos in Lisbon, and called Pasteis de Belém. Since then the secret recipe has been havily guarded by the onwers of Pasteis de Belém cake shop.
Today there are many recipes which try to imitate the original. This gorgeous tart is one of these and I hope you like it.

Ingredients:
25o gr ready-made puff pastry, thowed if frozen
1,5 dl water
250 gr caster sugar
1 tbsp plain flour
3 egg yolks
1 egg
2,5 dl fresh cream
zest of lemon

Preparation:

Roll out the pastry and use it to line a 23cm tart ring.

Then prepare the custard : Mix the sugar and the water in a saucepan, bring to the boil during 5 minutes. Let cool completely.

In a bowl combine the flour with two tabsps of fresh cream and add the egg yolks, the egg, the fresh cream and the lemon zest. Mix well and spread the custard sauce over the base. Bake for about 45 minutes (heat the oven to 180ºc degrees), until golden brown and cooked. Serve it cool and dust the tart with icing sugar.