Apple custard tarts

Ingredients

• 50 g of butter
• 150 g of digestive biscuits, crushed
• 200 ml of whole milk
• 1 vanilla pod
• 2 egg yolks
• 40 g of caster sugar, plus 1 tbsp extra for sprinkling
• 2 tbsp of cornflour
• 1 apple, red, cored and thinly sliced

Instructions

1. 1

   Melt the butter in a saucepan over a medium heat

2. 2

   Reserve 1 tbsp of the butter and stir the crushed biscuits into the remainder in the pan, mixing well. Divide the biscuits between 4 loose bottomed mini tart tins and press down into the base and sides

3. 3

   Add the milk to a saucepan with the seeds of the vanilla pod. Bring gently to the boil. In the meantime, whisk together the egg yolks, 40g caster sugar and cornflour in a bowl

4. 4

   Once the milk has come to the boil, whisk it into the egg mixture. Add it all back into the pan and bring gently to the boil

5. 5

   Pour the custard onto the biscuit bases and set aside to cool whilst preparing the apple

6. 6

   Preheat the oven to 180°C/gas mark 4

7. 7

   Lay slices of apple onto the custard and brush with the remaining melted butter. Sprinkle generously with the caster sugar

8. 8

   Bake the tarts for 20 minutes and serve warm or cold