Custard for fruit tarts

by Suzy Kupetz

Ingredients

  • 1 1/2 C cream
  • 3 egg yolks, slightly beaten
  • 1 1/2 C sugar
  • 1 T vanilla extract
  • pinch of nutmeg

Instructions

  • Pour cream into eggs and blend well
  • Add sugar, vanilla extract, nutmeg
  • Each tart shell needs 1 1/2 – 2C of mixture
  • Pour into pre-baked pie crust
  • Bake until set, 350º, bottom rack
  • Let it cool, then refrigerate 2-4 hrs
  • May be frozen once baked
  • Top with fruit slices
  • Glaze with apricot glaze

Apricot Glaze

  • 18 oz ( 1 1/2C) apricot jam, melted, strained
  • Boil again
  • Add 1 envelope of unflavored gelatin, softened in 1/4 C kirsch or water