it was yet another pretty spontaneous baking session..on the 1st morning in 2006..we are so "semangat"

the 3 of us..me..may and deb..gathered at my kitchen with still sleepy eyes..to try out another pastry recipe called Mango Cream Tart..

we were having more fun poking jokes at each other rather than paying full concentration in creating a beautiful tart..so as expected..some messy situations are lining up ahead of us..

Ingredients..
1 portion of Sweet Pastry B

Filling..
..A
150g milk
100g mango puree
..B
2 egg yolks
40g sugar
1 tbsp cornflour
..C
1 tbsp gelatine
2 tbsp water
..D
100g whip topping cream, whipped
..E
100g mango diced

Method..
1. roll out the pastry btw 2 sheets of plastic wrap to 3mm thickness. line the pie mould with rolled pastry. prick the pastry with fork and leave it to chill for 20mins.
2. line the pastry shell with foil or greaseproof paper and fil it up to the rim with baking beans, bake at 190C for 15mins. remove the foil and beans, then bake for another 10mins. leave it to cool.
3. cook A intil it boils. then add in B and mix well until well blended. continue to cook at low fire until it thickens.
4. premix C and put it over the double boiler until melted. add it into the above mixture and mix until well blended.
5. cool the mixture over ice water until cold and it starts to thicken on the side. add in D and mix until well combined. add in E and mix until well incorporated.
6. pour the mixture on the baked tart pastry. put it in the fridge until set and firm. decorate with diced mango.

the pastry

we decided to use the big pie mould..so that we'll have lesser work and it would be done faster..hehe..good thing the pastry turned out fine and tasty..

the mango cream tart should look like this..

at the end of the session..we forgot to take a pic of our end product..but it doesnt look at all like the pic..haha..so at least im leaving a good impression for you to look at..

our mishaps..
..i couldnt find gelatine...so i bought agar-agar powder instead...so maybe the texture was abit off because of this..
..we didn't realize that we had to whip the whip cream earlier..so there was delay in getting the filling done..
..there were several other avoidable delays which we commit..maybe we are just having to much fun with each other..haha..so the overall process took longer than expected..
..mangoes i bought turned out to be sour..

turns out...the filling of our mango cream pie was not up to expectation..but when left in the fridge overnight..the taste improve alil..maybe i should try this recipe again..just to see if it would be any better..haha..

in the midst of the whole kitchen havoc..we managed to create a new drink and also did another recipe with the remaining pastry..details in another post soon..hehe..