Last week, I received a hamper from Avonmore (it was part of a blog thingy {insert a long story explaining why}…) and so I received this!
Very thrilled, I can tell you! Apart from the butter, cheese and some yogurts, I wouldn’t really buy any other products: soups (I make my own), smoothies, custard, whipped cream (ditto)…But I must say, I could almost be swayed now 🙂 One of the products was a pot of custard flavoured with vanilla; whilst I love hot custard with apple tart, a suggestion from Caitriona at Wholesome Ireland gave me a new idea: custard tarts! I was making pastry for a quiche Lorraine (using the cheese, sour cream and butter from the hamper, and the glut of eggs thanks to our hens), so I decided to make little tarts in our cupcake tins.
Raspberry & Custard Tarts
I cut out circles of pastry, and lined each mould with a cupcake paper, filled with baking beans, and “baked blind” for about ten minutes. When they were cool, I spooned in some of the custard, Grace pushed three raspberries from the polytunnel into the middle of each one and baked them for about 15 minutes. When they were cooked and cooled, we enjoyed (swooned in delight more like) these little tarts with a spoon of the whipped cream on the side.
The custard was silky and sweet with a lovely vanilla-y taste, and extra delicious with the raspberries. I’m not the greatest custard maker (my dads forté: it is, apparently, an art and a science, but I’m a bit more slapdash and mine never turns out as nice) so I think I will definitely buy this again to make more of these tart.
I am still working through the hamper: I had delicious “Fusion and Street” Tomato and fresh coriander soup (delicious: tasted actually very like homemade soup- not, as we like to call it in our house: “chemical soup”) The yogurts were practically demolished as I was taking the cello-wrap off, so a big thumbs up for them. The grated cheese (my kids fell around the place laughing that you could buy cheese grated) I used in the quiches, and I’ll start on the “good” cheese later (yum yum)
(James scooped out the custard and raspberries: wasnt as impressed, or should I say, impressed at all, with the pastry case!)
This hamper was a real surprise, and far more generous than I would have ever imagined. I’m trying things that I possibly would have never known existed, and so far, everything is just deeeeeelicious! Thank you Avonmore!
This was not a sponsored post, all opinions are my own!
Drooling here. That tart looks fab. I’m glad you tried it & I suspect you’ll be making it again!
I sure will Caitriona 🙂 thanks for the idea!!
Oh yum, yum, yum! I fail at making custard but still I would rarely if ever buy it ready made. You have changed my mind, sold!
Joanna, I have NEVER bought ready made custard!! That pot was just gorgeous (prob since it was made with cream, ha ha)
Lovely, I have never seen ready made custard here but, as you suggest, it’s never occurred to me to look. If I had something as lovely as that available in my local market, I would try it for sure, because I am a custard junkie. Mine turns out well, but since I live alone I rarely make it because it makes too much for me to safely eat by myself. I would love to be able to indulge in smaller amounts.
Gail, do look for it, imagine, a small dollop of custard every night, instead of a full pot in one go!!
I really like the sound of these, must try them sometime.
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