Blend or process the flour, icing sugar, custard powder and butter until combined. Add the egg yolk and process quickly until the ingredients just come together. Knead the dough on a lightly floured surface until smooth, wrap in plastic; refrigerate for 30 mins. Roll the pastry on a floured surface until large enough to line a 23cm pie dish. Lift the pastry into the dish and press into side, trim edge. Cover and refrigerate for 30 minutes.
Preheat the oven to moderately hot (200 C). Cover the pastry with baking paper, fill with dried beans or rice, place on an oven tray. Bake in a moderately hot oven for 15 minutes. Remove the paper and beans, bake for a further 10 minutes or until browned lightly. If the edge of the pastry is browning too quickly, cover with strips of foil. Reduce oven temperature to moderately slow (160 C).
Whisk the eggs, sugar and vanilla in a medium bowl. Bring the milk to the boil in a medium pan. Gradually whisk the hot milk into the egg mixture; strain into the pastry case and sprinkle the top with nutmeg. Bake in a moderately slow oven for about 30 minutes or until the custard is just set. Refrigerate until cold. This makes a very firm custard tart, a bit like the ones you used to be able to buy at the school lunch room. it slices easily.
Quotecookessentials (1205 )11:37 am, Thu 17 Nov #8 this is our family birthday treet every year all they want for there birthday teas. base half a cup sugar 1 egg 125g butter 2 cups flour 2 tablespoons baking powder pinch salt cream butter and sugar add egg then dry ingredents i use a roasting dish anf spread over dish prick base and cook 160 10 minutes check its cooked on bottom. for the custard 1 liter milk 3 eggs 3 tablespoons corn flour 1 cup sugar pinch salt 2 tablespoons butter 1 tea spoon vanilla put the milk in a pot and heat up to boil stage take of heat and add eggs and sifted dry ingredients add to milk put back on heat to thicken then add 25 g butter and vanilla and take of heat should be ready to pour over base you can add some sprinkled nutmeg if you want .
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