Peach Custard Tart

Total Time: 65 hrs 5 mins Preparation Time: 65 hrs Cook Time: 5 mins

Ingredients

• 12 miniature tart shells (shortcrust)
• 410 g sliced peaches in juice
• 1 cup vanilla custard (store bought)
• 2 tablespoons cornflour
• 1/3 cup apricot jam (heated and strained)

Recipe

• 1 remove tart shells cases from the package.
• 2 drain peaches, reserve juice and slice 12 peaches in half lengthwise and reserve remaining peaches for another use.
• 3 place tart shells on a tray.
• 4 place custard and reserved juice in a small heavy based saucepan and cook and stir over a moderately low heat until heated.
• 5 mix cornflour with 2 tablespoons water in a small bowl and stir into custard and cook and stir for 1 to 2 minutes or until mixture boils and thickens.
• 6 transfer to a heatproof jug and cover surface directly with baking paper (prevents custard forming skin) and then chill, stirring occasionally, for 15 minutes (custard will thicken on cooling).
• 7 spoon cooled custard into tart shells cases and arrange 2 peach slices on top of custard and chill for 30 minutes.
• 8 carefully brush tart tops with jam and then chill for 5 minutes and then serve.