J.A.M. La ViDa

Craving for Eggtarts but can't find them here in Moscow? Make some for yourself today!

It's very easy. This was my first time making it too after looking at several recipes. I modified some parts of the recipes so that the ingredients are economical & easy to get, so I hope you all will like it.

What you need:

Make 20 servings
Dough A (Oil-based Dough)
1 1/2 cup Flour <-- Normal flour you can find in Rinak 150 g Butter <-- Don't use margarine for better aroma Shortening (50 g) <-- I replaced it with cooking oil

Dough B (Water-based dough)
1 1/2 cup Flour
100 ml Water
1 Egg
100 g Sugar
Shortening (30 g) <-- cooking oil

Filling
3 tbl sp. Custard powder <-- or you can substitute this with the same amount of corn flour + one drop of yellow colouring + vanilla essence 2 cups of Milk
3 tbl sp. Sugar

Crust Making:

1) Leave the butter at room temperature beforehand. Make dough A by mixing all of its ingredients in a bowl. Use a spade or your hand to mix the dough. Knead it until it's mixed thoroughly.



2) Flatten the dough into a 5mm layer using a rolling pin. (P/s: For those who don't have rolling pins, just use your fingers to flatten it unto a flat plate, like what I did.) Refrigerate for at least 30min.



3) Start making Dough B. Mix all the ingredients in a bowl (you can use the same bowl). Pour in the water little by little. You wouldn't want your dough to be too moist. When it's done, flatten it like how I'd taught you to do with Dough A and layer it on top of Dough A in the same plate. Refrigerate for another 30 minutes.


4) While waiting for the dough, start making the custard filling. Mix everything in a pan (preferably a non-stick one) and heat with low flame. Keep stirring to prevent lumps from forming. Remove it from the fire when the sauce is thick enough.


5) Take the dough out from the fridge. Fold over and flatten it. Repeat this step 2-3 times and you'll get the multilayer effect =) (See Picture).



6) Flatten the dough to 2-3 mm in thickness. Use a sharp-edged cup to cut the dough into round shapes. Fit the small pieces of dough into the aluminum foil molds (You can get it from Ashan at an affordable price). Fill with custard sauce.


7) Preheat the oven. Bake them at 240'C for 20-30 mins. (This depends on the colour of the crust you want). For a better appearance, you can brush a thin layer of thick sugar syrup on top and return it to bake for another 5mins. This will give you the famous golden yellow colour.
(See picture: the layers of crust =) )





P/s: If you make too much dough, don't throw it away! Use the dough to make some Sloika..hehe. Use your creativity, rummage your fridge for the filings (some suggestion: cheese, hotdog, fruit jam, chocolate paste, etc). (See Picture)



P/s: Couldn't get the mold? No problem. Again, use your creativity and make the shape you want, it would still taste the same as eggtart... lolz (See Picture)


Oh btw, does anyone know what is custard powder made out of? Below is the link where you can learn more about what custard powder is -->