How to Roll Out and Bake A Tart Shell

Using our Basic Tart Shell Dough we are going to roll it out for the tart pan.  Once in the pan it will be blind baked or baked with-out any filling.  There may be some times that you want to use an unbaked shell, for these times just roll the dough to make a shell and proceed with your recipe from there.

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Easy Homemade Vanilla Custard Recipe

Homemade Vanilla Custard can also be called Pastry Cream and sometimes Vanilla Pudding.

This custard is used in various different baked items.  Cream puffs, chocolate eclairs, Boston Cream Pie, various pastries and it is just so good by itself as a pudding/custard.

Since this is an egg based product with preservatives it remains perishable even after cooking.  So it must be cooked down to refrigerator temperature (under 40ºF/5ºC) with in an hour.  And it should not be left out at room temperature for over an hour.

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