French toast

Basic and the best! and with a little custard sauce! Decadent. And this custard sauce was an accident. Tried one ice cream recipe, one for the custard-style ice cream which used a lot of half and half and no milk. The ice cream was kind of dense and too overpowering to my taste, will add milk next time.

But I put it in the fridge and and it turned out to be this out of this world custard sauce.(obviously!)

Custard tart



custard tart






Recipe for 9" tart
Ingredients
9 0z shortcrust pastry ( I used Pillsbury pie crust)
2 whole eggs + 2 egg yolks
1 pint half and half
2 oz unrefined caster sugar
1 vanilla pod/ half teaspoon vanilla
1/2 tsp nutmeg, grated or cinnamon

375° F oven. Greased pan. Line with prepared crust. Brush with eggwhite. Bake till golden, for 10 minutes.
Cool. Reduce temperature to 325° F.
Combine milk and cream in saucepan. Medium heat. Bring to simmer. Add vanilla.
Whisk eggs+ yolks + sugar. Add the milk mixture to this, slowly, stirring constantly.
Pour custard into pastry case/pie crust. Sprinkle top with nutmeg or cinnamon. ( I used both)
Bake for 30 - 45 minutes. Cool.

PS: These are usually made in mini tartlet tins, as individual pieces. Will post that once I make it.