Apple custard tarts

Name: Apple custard tarts
Total time: 1 h
Ingredients: 50g of butter; 150g of digestive biscuits, crushed; 200ml of whole milk; 1 vanilla pod; 2 egg yolks; 40g of caster sugar, plus 1 tbsp extra for sprinkling; 2 tbsp of cornflour; 1 apple, red, cored and thinly sliced

by Helen Jessup

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Dessert
easy
4
60 minutes

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It’s that time of year when there are so many apples around that you don’t know what to do with them all. There are only so many apple crumbles and pies you can eat, so why not try this lighter way to enjoy your apples and custard.

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50g of butter
150g of digestive biscuits, crushed
200ml of whole milk
1 vanilla pod
2 egg yolks
40g of caster sugar, plus 1 tbsp extra for sprinkling
2 tbsp of cornflour
1 apple, red, cored and thinly sliced

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Method

Melt the butter in a saucepan over a medium heat

Reserve 1 tbsp of the butter and stir the crushed biscuits into the remainder in the pan, mixing well. Divide the biscuits between 4 loose bottomed mini tart tins and press down into the base and sides

Add the milk to a saucepan with the seeds of the vanilla pod. Bring gently to the boil. In the meantime, whisk together the egg yolks, 40g caster sugar and cornflour in a bowl

Once the milk has come to the boil, whisk it into the egg mixture. Add it all back into the pan and bring gently to the boil

Pour the custard onto the biscuit bases and set aside to cool whilst preparing the apple

Preheat the oven to 180°C/gas mark 4

Lay slices of apple onto the custard and brush with the remaining melted butter. Sprinkle generously with the caster sugar