Fruit Tarts

I always like the egg tarts pastry crust and so when I found the recipe to make the pastry cream, I decided to use the egg tarts pastry crust to make a fruit tart. Amazingly, its a wonderful match and all came together in great combination! The pastry was crusty and the fresh fruits added a refreshing taste to the pastry cream. Everyone in my family (inclusive my hubby who usually don't eat such pastry) enjoyed it very much. 

Ingredients

Pastry Crust

100g Sugar

1 Egg

175g Butter

350g Plain flour

Pastry Cream

300ml milk

1tsp vanilla extract

3 large egg yolks

50g Castor sugar

20g plain flour

20g corn flour

Toppings
Sliced Peach (can)
Strawberries
Kiwi 

Directions

Pastry Crust

1. Preheat oven to 180 degree Celsius

2. Place sugar, egg and butter in mixer and beat until sugar is just dissolved. Add sifted plain flour and mix until dough holds together. press dough evenly to springform tart pan.
3. Bake at 180 degree Celsius for 20 mins, then remove and let cool.

Pastry Cream

1. In a medium-sized heatproof bowl, mix the sugar and egg yolks together.

2. Combine flour and corn flour together and then add to the egg mixture, mixing until you get a smooth paste.

3. In a saucepan bring the milk to just boiling (just until milk starts to foam up.)

4. Remove from heat and add slowly to egg mixture, whisking constantly to prevent curdling.

5. Then pour the egg mixture back into the saucepan and cook over medium heat until thicken, whisking constantly.
6. Remove from heat, add vanilla extract and continue to whisk mixture for another 30 - 60 seconds until it becomes smooth consistency.

7. Pour into a clean bowl and immediately cover the surface with plastic wrap to prevent a crust from forming. Cool to room temperature before using. If not using right away refrigerate until needed, up to 3 days. Whisk or stir before using to get rid of any lumps that may have formed.

To Assemble

1. Spread pastry cream evenly over cooled crust.
2. Top with fruits and glaze with peach syrup to prevent fruits from drying up.