Recipe: Appetizing Hong Kong Egg Tarts

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Hong Kong Egg Tarts. The Hong Kong egg tarts I've had in SF and in Hong Kong always had a puff pastry kind of crust so next time I'll use puff pastry. I had to use almost an extra stick of butter for. Cool down for several minutes and then take the egg tarts out of the pan.

Very common in dim sum restaurants as a dessert.

You can reduce the sugar used on the crust and the.

With a buttery crumbly crust that matches well with the silky egg custard filling, these Hong-Kong style Egg Tarts are a timeless classic that always impress.

You can cook Hong Kong Egg Tarts using 7 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Hong Kong Egg Tarts

1. Prepare 150 g of flour.

2. It’s 75 g of powdered sugar - divided.

3. Prepare 90 g of butter.

4. It’s 3 1/2 of eggs - divided.

5. It’s 250 ml of condensed milk (sweetened).

6. You need 1 tsp of vanilla extract.

7. Prepare of butter - for greasing.

The filling is quick to throw together, and if you use a pre-made crust or frozen puff pastry, you can have egg tarts in under an hour from start to finish.

I decided that Instead of the flaky puff pastry crust that is usually in Hong Kong egg tarts, I'll make a simple butter pie crust.

The Portuguese egg tart eventually made its way to Hong Kong, where it was influenced by British custard tarts, which are a bit more glassy and smooth.

Ah, the sweet, sweet taste of colonial expansion.

Hong Kong Egg Tarts step by step

1. 150g flour, 30g powdered sugar, 90g butter, ½ egg

Mix flour, part of the powdered sugar, butter, and part of the egg by hand. Refrigerate dough for approx. 10 – 15 min..

1. 3 eggs, 45g powdered sugar, 250ml condensed milk (sweetened), 1 tsp vanilla extract

Preheat the oven to 180°C/350°F. Mix the remaining eggs and powdered sugar, the sweetened condensed milk, and the vanilla extract until smooth..

1. Butter for greasing

Roll out dough, and cut circles. Place in a greased muffin tin. Pour the egg filling inside..

1. Bake for approx. 15 min. at 180°C/350°F..

You can buy Hong Kong egg tarts at Chinese bakeries, where you might be lucky enough to get a warm one.

The Portuguese version of egg tart.

In Portugal, similar egg tarts are called pasteis de nata.

However, egg tart also shares its origins with the English custard tart.

Hong Kong egg tarts are however filled with a rich custard that is much eggier and less creamy than English custard tarts.