On Christmas eve..i had the sudden urge to bake these Orange Flans which i've been talking about for sometime now..boy..was it time consuming..i spent almost 4 painstaking hours to complete the whole procedure..haha..sounds like an operation..ended up with very tired neck and back..amatuer..haha..

remember this picture?

Yah..those are my orange flans...they are NOT EGG TARTS..haha..all though they look alike..

SO..the recipes..

*the pastry had to be made separately..so this is gona be quite along list..

Sweet Pastry B recipe...
Ingredients...
A
..70g icing sugar
..150g butter
B
..1 egg
C
..260g flour
..1 tbsp milk powder

Method..
1.mix A until well combined and add in B and cream until smooth
2.add in sifted C and mix until well blended.
3.refrigerate for 30mins or until firm
4.take out and roll between 2 sheets of plastic wrap to the desired thickness and size.
*normally used for making big pie and tart.
* makes more than 10 tarts in those regular tart moulds..

Orange Flans recipe
Ingredients..
..1 portion sweet pastry B
Filling..
A
..4 eggs
..80g sugar (or lesser..depending on preference)
..150g whipping cream
B
..150g orange juice
C
..1orange zest, grated

Method..
1. roll out the pastry btw 2 sheets of plastic wrapto 3mm thickness and line the greased pie moulds with the rolled pastry. leave them to chill for 20mins.
2. line the pastry shells with foil or greaseproof paper and baking beans. bake at 190C for 15mins.remove the foil and beans, then, bake for another 5mins.leave them to cool.
3. filling: whisk A until well blended. add in B and mix until well combined, strain the mixture. add in C and mix well.
4. pour the filling onto the pastry shells. bake at 190C for 25mins or until set.
5. leave them to cool before removing them from the mould.

I had fun when i watched the tarts bloating in the oven..so excited that i even asked my mum to come watch it happen..haha...

Mum sensed something amidst behind all the excitement..she grabbed my recipe book and found the answer to my tart bloating phenomena..

"Over baking will puff the custard up. Wrinkles will appear when the flan is cool and the custard shrinks"

True enough..it happened..and the 1st tray had the most damaging effect..

too much of tanning...

Despite the light burns..it tasted good..maybe alil too sweet..but good thing the others turn out well..mum gave me the best rating compared to my other previous experiments..haha..

i think 190C maybe just too much of heat for this tart..or maybe its just the effect of my oven at this temprature..high fever..hehe..so i have to reduce the heating time n temprature to 20mins at 160C..have to keep an eye on this tarts or they'll turn bad...haha..

try it..dont give em to much of tan like me..haha..