Custard Square – Simple Recipe

Ingredients

• 1 sheets ready rolled puff pastry (I use Edmond’s)
• 4 Tbsp custard powder
• 3 Tbsp icing sugar
• 2 cups milk
• 50g butter
• 1 egg, beaten
• 1 tsp vanilla essence

Method

1. Preheat oven to 220 C. Prick the pastry all over with a fork and bake for 8-10 minutes, until golden. Cut half and set aside.
2. In a saucepan, mix custard powder, icing sugar, and 1/4 cup milk to a smooth paste. Mix in the remaining ingredients and cook over a medium heat and keep stir until very thick and viscous (a bit wobbly!). Press plastic wrap onto the surface of the custard and cool.
3. Spread custard over one of the pastry squares. Once you have spread it to the desired thickness. Place the second piece of pastry on top of the custard.

Icing

• 50g butter
• 1 cup icing sugar (approx)
• water
• lemon juice (or other flavouring of your choice)

1. Melt butter in a small bowl, then mix in icing sugar. Add water gradually until you get a thick pouring/spreading consistency. Spread over the top layer of pastry. Chill.
2. Cut into pieces to serve – best eaten within 24 hours.