Hong Kong egg tarts

I keep looking up the recipe for these but never got round to making them. When the Great British Bakeoff had egg tarts as the technical challenge, I just had to make them. But I didn't want the 'ang mo' version, I wanted the Hong Kong version that we get at home. I was quite nervous when it came to making the custard as I've never made custard from scratch before and have have seen lots of disasters on tv where the custard becomes scrambled eggs. In my nervousness, I forgot to add the vanilla extract to the custard, luckily it still turned out right and was not too eggy. In fact, it was quite yummy if I say so myself!

Cross section of the tart, super smooth custard!

 

 

Crispy kale chips

There has been an abundance of kale in the garden and to keep up with the rate the vegetables were growing, I have started to distribute them to friends and neighbours. One of my friends came back with a superb way of using up the kale which is to simply oven bake them with a light seasoning of salt and sugar. Within 10 minutes, I had a plate of crispy crunchy kale to munch on while watching tv, just a touch healthier than potato chips!