Custard is one of the most sought after inventions of British confectioners, widely used in cooking. It is used as a filler for cakes, pastries, croissants and other sweets. Today's publication contains the most interesting custard baking recipes.
Tart
This gourmet cake based on crumbly dough is perfect for a small family holiday. To bake, you need it:
- 150 g of cold butter.
- 225 g of flour.
- 100 g of sugar.
- 1 fresh egg.
- 1 lemon.
- 1 yolk.
All this will be needed to knead the dough, which will become the basis for baking with custard. To make the filler itself, you will need:
- 900 ml cream.
- 125 g of sugar.
- 9 yolks.
- Ground Muscat (optional).
Dice the butter and combine with grated lemon zest and flour. All this is whipped with a blender until crumbs are obtained, and then they are added with sugar, egg and yolk. The resulting dough is wrapped in a film and put away on the shelf of the refrigerator for a couple of hours. At the next stage, it is rolled out in a round layer and distributed along the bottom of the mold, not forgetting to build high sides. All this is covered with parchment, covered with beans and baked at 190 degrees for about a quarter of an hour. Then the cake is freed from paper and beans and returned to the oven for another 10 minutes. After the specified time, it is covered with a cream cooked from cream, sugar, yolks and ground nutmeg. Prepare tart at 130 degrees within 45-50 minutes. Before use, it must be cooled and only after that cut into portions. A warm tart holds its shape very poorly and if you start to divide it before it has completely cooled down, it will simply disintegrate.
Cake
Custard pastries, the recipe of which is presented below, will surely appeal to both large and growing sweet tooth. It turns out very soft and tender. And for cooking it does not need an oven at all. To make such a cake yourself, you will need:
- 500 g of ordinary purchased cookies.
- 150 g of sugar.
- 700 ml of cow's milk (500 of them in cream).
- 2 selected eggs.
- 2 tbsp. l flour.
- Vanillin.
Cooking a cake without baking with custard is quick and easy. First you need to do the eggs. They are whipped with sugar, and then supplemented with milk, flour and vanilla. All this is processed with a whisk, boiled to the desired density and cooled. Cookies are dipped in milk and laid out in a form lined with parchment. Top it is smeared with cream. Layers alternate until all components are over. At the final stage, the cake without baking with cookies and custard is decorated at your own discretion, insist for a short time and served for tea.
Eclairs
Light popularly beloved cakes can not only be bought in the confectionery department, but also baked on their own. To do this, you will need:
- 4 eggs.
- ½ pack of butter.
- 1 cup flour and water.
- Salt.
Those who can not imagine a full tea party without baking with custard, the recipe of which is presented in this publication, you need to understand that for the preparation of eclairs you will need a few additional components from which the filling will be made. To get a sweet filler you will need:
- 1 cup of sugar.
- 1 ¾ cup of milk.
- 2 eggs.
- 2 tsp soft butter.
- 2 tbsp. l flour.
- 1 tsp vanillin.
Salted water is combined with oil and sent to the stove. The boiled liquid is removed from the burner and supplemented with flour. All are thoroughly kneaded, boiled for a short time over low heat, cooled and whipped with eggs. The finished dough by means of a pastry bag is placed on a baking sheet and baked at 200 degrees for about a quarter of an hour. Then reduce the temperature of the oven to 150 0 C and wait another 15 minutes. The browned eclairs are stuffed with cream cooked from milk, sugar, vanillin, flour, butter and eggs. If desired, pour them with molten chocolate or any other sweet sauce.
Boston Pie
This delicious pastry with custard is more like a cake. So, it can be prepared specifically for the children's holiday. To pamper your little sweet tooth, you will need:
- 215 g of flour.
- 1115 ml of milk.
- 95 g of oil.
- 90 g of sugar.
- 3 selected eggs.
- Baking powder, salt and vanillin.
To make a cream, you will need:
- 225 ml of milk.
- 20 g of potato starch.
- 35 g of oil.
- 55 g of sugar.
- 3 yolks.
- Vanillin.
To create a glaze you must have at your fingertips:
- 125 g of cocoa.
- 75 g of sugar.
- 50 ml cream.
Beat eggs with sugar and then add with melted butter, milk, baking powder, flour, salt and vanilla. The resulting dough is laid out in a mold and baked at 175 degrees for no longer than half an hour. Ready cake divided in half. The lower part is smeared with a cream made from milk, sugar, starch, butter, vanillin and yolks. Spread the second part of the cake on top and pour it with icing made from cream, cocoa and sugar.
Apple pie
This fragrant pastry will surely interest everyone who loves fruit. To make such a delicate and delicious pie, you will need:
- 180 g of oil.
- 150 g of sugar.
- 360 g flour.
- 1 egg
- 2 tbsp. l fresh sour cream.
- Baking powder and salt.
For the filling and cream you will need:
- 350 ml of milk.
- 1 egg
- 2 large apples.
- 4 tbsp. l Sahara.
- 2 tbsp. l potato starch.
- Vanillin.
Bulk ingredients are combined in a bowl and frayed with cold oil. The resulting crumbs are supplemented with egg and sour cream, kneaded and cleaned in the refrigerator. After some time, the dough is divided into two unequal parts. Most of them are laid out in a mold, covered with chopped apples and filled with cream cooked from milk, sugar, starch, vanillin and eggs. All this is decorated with the remaining dough and baked at 180 degrees for about 40-50 minutes.
Croissants
This pastry with custard will not go unnoticed by lovers of French cuisine. To prepare it specifically for Sunday breakfast, you will need:
- 500 g of flour.
- ½ pack of oil.
- 2 selected eggs.
- 1 cup of milk.
- 4 tbsp. l Sahara.
- 2 tbsp. l dry yeast.
To make a cream, you will need:
- 50 g of flour.
- 2 cups of farm milk.
- 1.5 cups of sugar.
- 2 selected eggs (+1 for greasing).
Yeast and sugar are dissolved in warm milk. All this is supplemented with eggs and flour, knead and left away from drafts. After half an hour, the raised mass is flavored with oil and cleaned in heat. After some time, bagels are formed from the finished dough, filled with cream, cooked from milk, sugar, flour and eggs. The resulting products are laid out on parchment paper. After that, they are generously greased with a beaten egg and baked at 180 degrees for 20 minutes.
Puffs
This pastry with custard is prepared on the basis of the purchased dough and will be a real find for most busy housewives. To treat her relatives to her, you will need:
- 100 g of sugar.
- 300 ml of milk.
- 500 g of puff pastry (yeast-free).
- 50 g of potato starch.
- 2 yolks.
- Vanillin.
Defrosted dough is freed from packaging, rolled out with a layer and divided into equal parts. Each of them is filled with cream cooked from milk, starch, vanillin, yolks and sugar, and then they are made out at their discretion and laid out on a baking sheet. Bake puffs at 200 degrees for 20 minutes. Before serving, they can be completely cooled. But they are tasty and warm.