Freezing Egg Whites and Egg Yolks

Hens and Hobbits · **Posted:** Thu Aug 09, 2012 9:53 am

Hi, BFLF,

All recipes I have posted have been tried and tested and eaten and successful with my teenagers especially when leftovers have been requested to be put in their lunch boxes the next day. Getting the kids involved with the food preparation motivates them to eat as is with your son collecting the eggs, he'll appreciate the effort the hen has taken to lay them and his mother and himself to cook them.

I'll have a look for some sweet recipes for you.

Hens and Hobbits · **Posted:** Thu Aug 09, 2012 10:44 am

Here are a couple of egg based sweet recipes that can go also into the lunch box so I am not going [smilie=offtopic.gif]

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Easy Portuguese Custard Tart

Makes 24.

Ingredients:
2 sheet ready-rolled butter puff pastry
4 tsp caster sugar
4 tbsp cornflour
4 tbsp custard powder
4 cups milk
8 egg yolks
1 ½ cups caster sugar (plus extra for dusting)
1tsp pure vanilla extract
Vegetable oil spray

Method:
Preheat oven to 180°. Spray two 12 cup muffin tin with vegetable oil spray and set aside.
Cut one pastry sheet in half and sprinkle with 2 tsp of caster sugar. Place other half on top of the sugar and roll from the short edge into a pin wheel log. Then slice the log into 12 even rounds. Use a rolling pin to roll flatten out rounds to fit into the muffin tin holes. Repeat with second pastry sheet for the second muffin tin. Refrigerate pastry while making custard.
In a large saucepan, milk, place cornflour, custard powder and egg yolks and whisk until well combined. Place over a medium heat, continually whisking until the custard starts to thicken. Add the sugar and whisk until dissolved. Remove from heat and whisk in the pure vanilla extract.
Spoon in 2 tablespoons of custard in each pastry cup and tap the tray on the bench to even the filling.
Bake for 20 minutes or until pasty is slightly browned and crisp. Cool on a wire rack.

Hens and Hobbits · **Posted:** Thu Aug 09, 2012 10:52 am

Easy Lemon Tart

Serves 6

Ingredients:
185g Marie crushed into fine crumbs
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
90g butter, melted
Pure icing sugar, to serve
Lemon curd
3 lemons
4 eggs
1 cup caster sugar
125g butter, chopped

Method:
1. Lightly grease a loose-based round flan pan. Combine biscuit crumbs, cinnamon, nutmeg and butter in a mixing bowl. Press biscuit base into base and sides of the flan pan. Refrigerate for 1 hour.
2. To make lemon curd: Finely grate rind of 1 lemon. Juice all lemons. Whisk eggs and sugar together in a heatproof bowl until well combined. Add lemon rind and 2/3 cup lemon juice, whisking constantly until well combined. Place bowl over a saucepan of simmering water not allowing base to touch water, cook, stirring with a wooden spoon, for 20 to 25 minutes or until thick and it resembles custard. Do not boil. Remove from heat and whisk in butter.
3. Pour lemon curd into chilled tart case. Cover with cling wrap and refrigerate overnight. Dust with icing sugar and serve with coffee.

Petite Poulet · **Joined:** Thu Jun 09, 2011 7:17 pm **Posts:** 5219

Portuguese Tarts taste the best using ducky eggs dd66789

BigFishLittleFish · **Posted:** Thu Aug 09, 2012 9:28 pm

whats Marie ???

I am totally going to make both of these ! hopefully on the weekend... yummmmmmmmy !

Petite Poulet · **Joined:** Thu Jun 09, 2011 7:17 pm **Posts:** 5219

BigFishLittleFish wrote:

whats Marie ???

They are a type of plain biscuit, Arnott's maket them.

I'm coming over for afternoon tea :-D

ILoveMyChickies · **Posted:** Fri Aug 10, 2012 1:12 pm

That custard tart sounds soooooooooo goooooood!

I am definitely going to make some if I can figure out how to make pastry.

BigFishLittleFish · **Posted:** Fri Aug 10, 2012 2:23 pm

buy already made pastry from coles wollies etc....

Hens and Hobbits · **Posted:** Fri Aug 10, 2012 6:57 pm

BigFishLittleFish wrote:

whats Marie ???

I am totally going to make both of these ! hopefully on the weekend... yummmmmmmmy !

Marie biscuits are just very plain biscuits very commonly used to make bases for tarts, flans, cheese cakes etcs.

You can also use Nice biscuits but they are more sweeter.

ILoveMyChickies wrote:

That custard tart sounds soooooooooo goooooood!

I am definitely going to make some if I can figure out how to make pastry.

Just the packaged butter puff pastry from the supermarket. I can post the proper recipes if you're interested but these easy versions are great for busy people who may not have the time to fiddle with making things from scratch.

Happy baking :-D

Petite Poulet · **Joined:** Thu Jun 09, 2011 7:17 pm **Posts:** 5219

I love baked egg custard on a cold winter's night for dessert...

Baked Egg Custard

Serves 4

Ingredients:
3 eggs, plus 1 egg yolk
1 tsp vanilla extract
450ml cream
60g caster sugar
Freshly grated nutmeg, to dust

Method:
1. Preheat the oven to 170°C.
2. Beat the whole eggs, egg yolk and vanilla extract together lightly.
3. Place the cream in a pan with the sugar, stirring to dissolve. Heat to just below boiling point then pour onto the eggs and stir to combine. Strain through a sieve into a 1litre baking dish.
4. Stand in a roasting pan half-filled with hot water. Sprinkle the top with nutmeg. Bake for about 30-35 minutes. When baked it should still wobble slightly.
5. Serve hot or warm or chilled with stewed seasonal fruit and for the ultimate indulgence topped with whipped cream...

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