Pecan tart

One of my favourite dessert is warm pecan tart with ice-cream. (The other favourite is warm lava cake with ice cream lol). Both are yummy and simple to make. Making dessert like this is the only way to make my kids eat nuts like pecan and walnut which is good for them I suppose. 

Basic tart shell (can be use for egg tart, chocolate tart or fruit tart etc)

Ingredients 

- 1 egg (beaten)

- 220g plain flour

- 40g icing sugar

- 100g chilled butter (cut into small cube)

- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract

Steps

1. Using finger tips, rub butter and flour (shifted) together

2. Add icing sugar and continue to rub

3. Add egg and vanilla extract to form into a dough

4. Chilli the dough for 30 min in fridge and it's ready to be use

* if you just want make tart shell (without topping) just bake it for 10min at 180 degree.

* you can make Oreo tart shell by combining 330g Oreo biscuit (without filling)  with 110g melted butter.

 

Pecan tart

Ingredients

- 1 cup light brown sugar (130g)

- 1/4 cup white sugar (30g)

- 1/2 cup butter (115g) melted

- 2 eggs

- 1 tablespoon All purpose flour

- 1 tablespoon milk

- 1 teaspoons vanilla extract

- 1 cup chopped pecan (can put more or lesser as u wish)

Steps

1. Beat egg till foamy

2. Stir in melted butter, sugar, flour, milk, vanilla extract and nut

3. Pour mixture (2) into unbake tart shell

4. Bake at 200 degree for 10 min then 180 degree for 20-40 min depending on size of tart.

* For egg tarts filling, just mix together 3 eggs with 300ml milk and 45g sugar. Just sieve it twice n warm it up (not boil) and pour into unbake tart.

Big tart .... Small tart both are yummy... Enjoy :)