![]() I love the raspberries being cooked in the tarts but for presentation putting a fresh berry right over the top is so classy and really gives you that amazing gush of flavor when you bite into them. Once we get the custard cooked and the tarts baked the decorating fun starts! You can drizzle these with melted chocolate, top them with powdered sugar, do cute little frosting decorations… the sky is really the limit here. This makes breads lighter and sponge cakes springier! Pretty cool. It also helps the sugar dissolve and flavors to blend.īut in bread making, scalding the milk causes some of the whey proteins to deactivate which allows the gluten in the bread to properly form and the bread to rise properly. In this case we heat the milk to kick start the cooking process and set the eggs into a custard. So in many older recipes it’s no longer really necessary.īut in custard making (and some bread recipes) scalding the milk actually does have a purpose. This process used to be done for safety purposes in many old recipes, which isn’t really necessary anymore since we have modern pasteurization. Since caster sugar is so fine and light it is ideal for making custards, whipped desserts, meringues, and soufflé.įun fact of the day… I wanted to highlight one area of the recipe: scalding the milk for the custard. Caster sugar is a fine grain sugar that dissolves almost instantly. I used caster sugar which a special kind of baking sugar. Whisking the custard is a bit attention heavy and gets pretty hot so make it ahead of time and then let the kids get in and help you do all the assembly! Making these (aside from the custard) is a really great beginners recipe or cooking with the kids idea. But you have to know, that when one makes a custard it can be a whisky matter… ha! Get ready to whisk your arm off. I started by making the cream for the tiny mini desserts. ![]() They almost take less time to make than it does to eat them! My kids were so impatient while I finished these, they basically stalked me until I finally decided which ones weren’t pretty enough to photograph. I know you are going to love these delicious mini raspberry tarts. ![]() Need a quick and easy dessert for a party? These Mini Raspberry Custard Tarts are so simple and always get rave reviews! ![]()
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