Cheese Custard Tarts

Ingredients

• Roll out short pastry less than }” thick
• 1 large egg
• Few grains of Cayenne pepper
• Pinch of Salt
• 1 tablespoon dry grated cheese
• } pint milk

Method

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   Cut pastry into rounds, prick bottoms, combine filling ingredients, divide between pastry-lined tins, and bake for 12-15 minutes.

Nutrition per serving

As published

This recipe was extracted from The new Albatross recipe book (1930) by Spillers Limited, page 4. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

1 tablespoon of grated cheese and pouritoverthe meat. Bake for 25 minutes ina moderate oven. (Regulo Mark 5 or 375° Fahr.). CHEESE CUSTARD TARTS Roll out short pastry less than }” thick. Cut into rounds and line small patty cases withthem. Prick the bottoms. Filling: 1 large egg Few grains of Cayenne Pinch of Salt pepper 1 tablespoon dry grated ; pint milk cheese Combine these ingredients and beat together a little. Divide between the pastry-lined patty tins and bake for 12-15 minutes ina moderately hot oven. (Regulo Mark 4 or 375° Fahr.). Note.—Bake in one tart if preferred, in which case it will require 45-50 minutes. VEGETABLE PIE Filla pie dish with any favourite vegetables par-boiled, diced and well seasoned with a meat cube or gravy powder if necessary. Make a thin white sauce, season and pour this over the vegetables. Cover with pastry and bake as for Meat Pie (see page 8). CORNISH PASTIES. (Using Corned Beef) 6 oz. short pastry (see page 6) 1 chopped onion 6-8 oz. chopped corned beef or Salt and pepper cooked meat 1 good sized cooked potato diced Roll out the pastry }” thick and cut into rounds, using a tea saucer. Mix the filling and divide it between the rounds of pastry, heaping it on the centre. Damp the edges, fold the pastry over and pinch the edges together in a fluted edge. Brush with beaten egg or milk and bake for 30-40 minutes in a hot oven (Regulo Mark 6 or 410° Fahr.). SWISS FLAN Line a pie tin with short pastry (see page 6), }” thick. Cut 3-4 cold boiled potatoes into slices and put them in a layer on the pastry. Slice 2 oz. cheese on the potatoes and spoon over them custard, made with 1 egg, } pint hot milk and a few grains of cayenne pepper

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