Jervis Family Recipes

INGREDIENTS

2 Sheets of Puff or Flaky pastry

Custard

2 1/2 cups milk

125g butter

4 tablespoons cornflour

6 tablespoons icing sugar

2 eggs

Vanilla essence to flavour

Prick pastry well and place on two oven trays and bake 10 to 12 minutes at 200C. Cool.

Custard

1. Put 2 cups of milk into a saucepan with butter and heat.
2. In a bowl mix cornflour ,sugar, vanilla, eggs and milk and  ensure there are no lumps.
3. Gradually add a small amount of the butter and milk mixture mixing well to just heat the mixture.
4. Strain this into the hot milk mixture while beating well this will stop any lumps.
5. Continue stirring until thick cook about 3 minutes on a low heat.
6. Transfer to a bowl and cover with icing sugar and put glad wrap on top so it is sitting on the icing sugar.
7. When cold mix again then put between pastry.
8. Ice top with your choice of icing.
9. Put in the fridge to set then cut with sharp knife. 
10. I like to put into a tin when putting it together so it is easier to cut.