Ingredients:
1 & 1/2 cup all purpose-flour
1/4 cup salt
1/4 cup butter
1/4 cup shortening
1 whole egg
2 tbsp. sugar
How to make mango tarts:
- Sift together flour and salt. Make a well at the center and add the rest of the ingredients.
- Cut-in with 2 forks.Form flour mixture into a ball. Place in the refrigerator to cool. Roll out thinly and cover the top sides of inverted tart pans.
- Bake in a hot oven until golden brown. Cool. Fill each tart shell with English cream mixed with slices of ripe mangoes.
- Top with meringue butter cream.
English Cream
1/2 cup white sugar
3 pcs eggs yolks
1 tbsp. cornstarch
1 cup evaporated milk, scalded
- Mix the eggs, sugar and cornstarch. Pour over scalded milk and cook
in a double boiler until thick. Cool.
Meringue Butter Cream
1/4 cup egg whites
1/2 cup white sugar
1/3 cup butter
1 tsp. rum (optional)
- Beat egg whites until still but not dry. Add sugar little by little. Beat until smooth. Add butter and beat again. Lastly, add rum.
