Portuguese Custard Tarts

Portuguese Custard Tarts

Ingredients:

1 cup milk

3 tablespoons cornstarch

1/2 vanilla bean

1 cup white sugar

6 egg yolks

1 (17.5 ounce) package frozen puff pastry, thawed

Directions:

1) Preheat oven to 375F.

2) Lightly grease 12 muffin cups and line bottom and sides with puff pastry.

3) In a saucepan, combine milk, cornstarch, sugar and vanilla. Cook, stirring constantly, until mixture thickens. Place egg yolks in a medium bowl. Slowly whisk 1/2 cup of hot milk mixture into egg yolks. Gradually add egg yolk mixture back to remaining milk mixture, whisking constantly. Cook, stirring constantly, for 5 minutes, or until thickened. Remove vanilla bean.

4) Fill pastry-lined muffin cups with mixture and bake in preheated oven for 20 minutes, or until crust is golden brown and filling is lightly browned on top

Note:

I reduced the sugar to 2/3 cup when I tried it, and it will still be a bit too sweet for some people.