Blueberry Tarts

INGREDIENTS:-

Pastry
83g butter, chilled
150g high-ratio/cake flour
40g icing sugar
10g milk powder/coffee creamer
1/4 tsp vanilla essence
1 Grade C egg

Filling
Blueberry Filling


INSTRUCTIONS:-

To prepare pastry
1) Sift flour, icing sugar and milk powder together into a mixing bowl.
2) Rub in butter until the mixture resembles breadcrumbs.
3) Add in the egg and vanilla essence. Mix it until the pastry begins to form large lumps.
4) Press together gently with your fingers until the pastry forms a ball.
5) Chill pastry dough for about 30 minutes.

To prepare tarts
1) Press some pastry evenly into tart mould. Trim the edges to remove excessive dough.
2) Prick base of each tart with a fork.
3) Bake in a preheated oven at 180 degC for 5 minutes.
4) Remove tart from oven and fill tart with blueberry filling.
5) Top filling with strips of excess dough.
6) Send back to a preheated oven at 180 degC for further 15 - 20 minutes or till the tart edge
turns brown.
7) Leave the tarts in moulds for 10 minutes before turning onto wire rack to cool.


[adapted recipe from Jo's Deli & Bakery]