Portuguese Egg Tart - cooking recipe

Ingredients

Ingredients for Pasty
150 g flour
2 tablespoons cornflour
1 1/2 tablespoons icing sugar
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 egg yolk
100 g butter
Ingredients for custard
2 eggs
1 tablespoon condensed milk
1 pinch salt
100 ml evaporated milk
200 ml water
2 tablespoons sugar
1/2 teaspoon vanilla essence

Preparation

Method for pastry:.
Sift flour, salt, icing sugar & corn flour together.
Rub butter lightly into sifted flour till mixture resembles breadcrumbs.
Add egg yolk to form a dough. Chill dough in refrigerator for 1 hour.
Roll dough out thinly and cut to line greased patty tins.
Prick pastry with a fork and brush with egg white.
Bake in a preheated oven at 180 \u00b0C for 20 minutes or till golden brown.
Method for Custard:.
Beat eggs, condensed milk and salt lightly in a bowl.
Heat evaporated milk with water and sugar. Set aside to cool.
Pour gradually into the egg mix.
Add vanilla essence and strain.
Slowly spoon egg mixture into patty tins.