African Star Apple (Agbalumo) & Egg Custard Tartlets

Savoury-sweet African Star Apples (Agbalumo) and Egg Custard come together in the perfect African Dessert.

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Traditional African cuisine rarely celebrates the dessert. It instead prefers to concentrate on centre-piece worthy dishes, which are usually the main course. In a way, the gap created by the under-appreciation of dessert in African cuisine appeals to the recipe-developer part of me.

Most times however, I dont need a gap to activate the need to get in my kitchen and combine flavours. And speaking of combining flavours, I have a bit of experience here, some of which has been, quite frankly put, inedible, and best deleted from memory. But there have been others, which have been a pure treat to the tastebud, even if I say so myself. And this is one of them.

I´d never had custard tarts before I met my English husband. But since then, I have become addicted to them.. well, sort of!  And, that is the reason I couldn’t resist the urge to make my own..

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African Star Apple (Agbalumo) & Egg Custard Tartlets

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Servings	Prep Time
8 servings	48 hours

Cook Time	Passive Time
25 minutes	20 minutes

Servings Prep Time 8 servings 48 hours

Cook Time Passive Time 25 minutes 20 minutes

African Star Apple (Agbalumo) & Egg Custard Tartlets Print Recipe Add to Meal Plan: Select Course to Add: BreakfastLunchDinner This recipe has been added to your Meal Plan Servings Prep Time 8 servings 48 hours Cook Time Passive Time 25 minutes 20 minutes Servings Prep Time 8 servings 48 hours Cook Time Passive Time 25 minutes 20 minutes

Ingredients

For the Fruit

• 400 g african star apples (udara)
• 60 ml cognac hennessy
• 2 tbsp brown sugar
• 4 tbsp honey
• salt a pinch

For the Tartlet

• 200 ml double cream
• 100 ml full fat milk
• 2 eggs including yolk
• 70 g caster sugar
• 1 vanilla pod
• 1 packet pastry tartlet base

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Instructions

For the Fruit

1. Macerate the African Star Apples.

For the Egg Custard Filling

1. Whisk together the eggs and sugar in a large bowl, until the mixture is pale and creamy. Then mix the cream, milk, and vanilla pod into a saucepan, and slowly bring to a boil.
2. Pour this mix over the eggs, whisking as you mix. You should have little bubbles in the mixture. Pour the custard into a pouring jug, and fill the tartlet bases.
3. Bake for 25 minutes at 160 degrees (fan-assisted, until you see a small dome on the custard, indicating that the custard is cooked. Allow the tartlets to cool completely in their foil cases for at least 20 minutes
4. Then arrange the macerated fruit on top of the tarts. Sprinkle some desiccated coconut over the tartlets and serve.

Recipe Notes

How to Macerate African Star Apples in Cognac

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Emem..xo

Emem

 

Afro-fusion Food Lover.
Sustainable Food Advocate.
Completely nuts about Avocado.