Cheat's Portuguese Tarts

I wrote about these a couple of years back. But its been awhile since I last made them. However, as the custard requires egg yolks, it is a good excuse to make a dozen of these to get rid of them! All the ingredients are pretty standard pantry ingredients so hard to go wrong here. The custard sets quite well and the chewy pastry once cooked has a genuine homemade touch. :)

Portuguese Tarts
Makes 12

You will need:
2 egg yolks
1 egg 1/3 C sugar
2 T cornflour
2 C milk
2 t vanilla
1 sheet puff pastry

Method:
1. Lightly grease a 12-hole muffin tray. Preheat oven to 180 degrees.
2. Place egg, yolks, sugar and cornflour in a pan and whisk until combined.
3. Over medium heat, gradually pour in milk and whisk until smooth.
4. Gently cook the mixture, stirring continuously until the mixture thickens and comes to the boil.
5. Remove from heat and stir in vanilla.
6. Cover and allow to cool.
7. Cut pastry in half length ways and place on top of each other.
8. Roll pastry up from short end.
9. Cut into 12 small discs about 1cm thick.
10. Flatten each disc over a lightly floured board until approx 10 cm in diameter.
11. Press the pastry rounds into the muffin tin. Spoon the cooled custard into the pastry cases and bake for 20-25 minutes, or until the pastry and custard are golden.
12. Leave the tarts in the tin for 5 minutes, then transfer to a wire rack to cool completely.