“Chick” egg tarts
Fall in love with these adorable "chick" egg tarts from Quebec, as fun to make as they are to eat. Made with frozen tart shells, they're filled with a simple mixture of sugar, flour, eggs, butter, and milk, flavored with vanilla or almond extract.
Ingredients
- 24 frozen tartlet crusts
- 250 ml (1 cup) of sugar
- 30 ml (2 tbsp) all-purpose flour
- 3 eggs
- 60 ml (¼ cup) melted butter
- 5 ml (1 tsp) of almond extract or vanilla extract
- 250 ml (1 cup) of milk
- 48 candy eyes
- 80 ml (1/3 cup) of orange and yellow chocolate candies (like Smarties)
- Mini decorative chocolate-flavored candies.
Steps
- Preheat the oven to 205 °C (400 °F) and place the rack in the bottom of the oven.
- Place the tartlet shells on a large baking sheet lined with parchment paper. Pre-bake in the oven for 5 minutes. Remove from the oven.
- Set the oven temperature to 163 °C (325 °F).
- In a bowl, mix the sugar with the flour. Add the eggs and whisk for 1 minute.
- Add the melted butter, almond extract and milk. Stir with a wooden spoon until well combined.
- Strain the mixture through a fine sieve into another bowl. Carefully pour the mixture into the pre-baked tartlet shells.
- Bake for 18 to 20 minutes on the bottom rack, until the filling is set and the crusts are lightly golden.
- Remove from the oven and let cool completely on a wire rack.
- Decorate each tartlet with two candy eyes. Add three chocolate candies to form the beak and wings, then a few mini decorative candies to form the eyebrows and feet.
