PREPARATION: 30 MIN
COOCKING TIME: 50 MIN
Who doesn't remember going to restaurants with their parents in the mid-eighties and early nineties? The most awaited moment: the dessert cart! And among very high mountains of profiteroles, tempted by tiramisu and panna cotta, in the end the winner was…Grandma’s custard pie. With its pleasant and genuine taste, custard pie is always a must! A timeless classic, it is a perfect cake after a Sunday lunch that we want you to enjoy at its best, by preparing a delicious fragrant shortcrust and divine custard. There are at least two versions of the pie: an open one, with the base and the cream directly garnished with pine nuts and powdered sugar, and a closed one, with a double layer of shortcrust pastry and custard in the middle. We have opted for the latter. We hope that your choice on the cart of Giallozafferano desserts will lead you here at least every now and then!
SERVES 4
For the short pastry:
300 g (10 oz) of flour
120 g (½ cup) of sugar
150 g (6 oz) of butter
1 egg
1 pinch of baking powder
salt
For the confectioners' custard:
1 l (2 pints) milk
80 g (3 oz) of flour
20 g (4 tsps) of potato starch
250 g (1¼ cups) of sugar
7 egg yolks
zest of 1 lemon
1 vanilla pod
For the garnish:
80 g (3 oz) of pine nuts
icing sugar
1 egg for glaze
How to make the short pastry
Make a well with sifted flour, add the egg, butter, sugar, a pinch of salt, and the yeast, then stir quickly with a spatula.
Form a ball, cover with plastic film and let stand for at least 30 minutes before rolling
out.
How to make confectioner's custard
Heat the milk with the lemon zest and vanilla pod.
Mix the egg yolks with sugar, add flour, potato starch and, lastly, the hot aromatized milk.
How to prepare the cake
Butter a tin and dust with a little flour.
Divide the dough into two pieces; roll out the first with a rolling pin, prick with a fork and place in the cake tin. Cover with a sheet of oven paper and sprinkle with coarse salt or beans to stop it rising.
Bake in a preheated oven at 180 °C (350 °F) for about 15 minutes.
Remove from the oven, remove the paper, leave to cool slightly, and cover wich the custard.
Roll out the second portion of dough thinly onto a sheet of baking paper and cover the base. Glaze with beaten egg, scatter with pine nuts and bake at 180 °C (350 °F) for about 15 minutes.
Before serving, dust with icing sugar.
WINE PAIRING
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