Easy Custard Tart (requires no baking)

As usual, my friends are the most supportive of my inventions. Thanks to Grace, Daniel, Ruth, Raymond, Mei, Yvonne and Hok Man for being the guinea pigs! They devoured almost the whole plate and left a little for me and Erik for our lunch the next day. I am glad they liked it! This tart requires no baking and that's the best part!

Easy Custard Tart

Ingredients:-

Tart Base (A)

2 cups rushed Oreo crumbs

1/8 cup melted unsalted butter

Custard Filling (B)

1-3/4 cups + 1/4 cup skim milk1/3 cup + 1/4 cup granulated sugar1/4 cup all purpose flour6 large egg yolks
2 teaspoons pure vanilla essence1/8 cup unsalted butter (cubed) at room temperature8 oz or 1 cup or 227gm mascarpone cheese at room temperature

Toppings (C)
2 cups fresh strawberries (washed, hulled and halved)2 pints fresh blue berries (rinsed and dried)

Method:-

To prepare tart base (A)

Place all ingredients (A) in a food processor and pulse it twice or in a large bowl and mix well with a wooden spoon. Pour crumbs on to a tart plate and pat crumbs with finger to cover the bottom and sides of plate. Cover with plastic wrap and set aside in the fridge until custard is ready and chilled.

To make custard filling (B)

Place 1-3/4 cups milk and 1/3 cup sugar into a medium sized saucepan and heat over medium heat until milk comes to just about to boil, stirring occasionally.In a separate bowl, whisk egg yolks with 1/4 cup milk, 1/4 cup sugar and 1/4 cup flour until there is no lump.Once milk is about to boil, remove saucepan from heat and whisk in egg mixture.Return saucepan to heat and cook over medium heat until mixture thickens and comes to boil, whisking continuously. Continue to stir for another one to two minutes until mixture thickens.Remove from heat. Add vanilla and butter. Whisk to combine and until custard is smooth. Cover with a plastic wrap immediately and let it cool. When it is cold enough, place custard in the fridge to cool until custard is thick. Meanwhile, whisk mascarpone cheese until it is smooth in a separate bowl by just using a wire whisk. Add mascarpone cheese to cold custard and whisk until smooth. Set aside to chill in the fridge again until ready to use.

To Assemble

Remove chilled custard and tart plate from fridge and pour custard over the prepared tart base (A). Spread and smooth out the custard and place toppings (C) on top of custard. Decorate as you wished. Serve chilled. Enjoyed by 10 of us with a little left over!