Level of Difficulty: Easy
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Crust
- 1 cup of flour
- 1/4 cup of sugar
- 3/4 of a stick of butter (about 100 g)
- 1 egg
Mix all ingredients with your hands until they create a smooth dough.
Spread it out in a tart or pie pan.
Bake at 350 F (180 C) 15-20 min
Mint Filling
6 egg yolks
1/2 cup of sugar
2 Tbsp of flour
1.5 Tbsp of potato starch or corn starch
2 cups of milk
3 tsp of mint extract
3.5 oz (100 g) of butter
Directions
In a medium pot, boil 1.5 cups of milk.
While the milk is cooking, in a medium bowl, mix the egg yolks and sugar.
Then, add the remaining 1/2 a cup of milk, four, starch, and extract.
When the milk boils, add the mixture. Keep stirring until it thickens and starts to boil.
Take off the stove and add butter. Mix the butter into the mint filling.
Pour the filling, while still warm, into the crust.
Set aside to completely cool.
Your can top it off with some shredded chocolate.
Thoughts
I really like mint things, cakes, ice cream, milkshakes. If it’s mint, I love it! What I also really like are tarts, so naturally, I had to combine the two and create a mint tart. I based this recipe off of recipes for other tarts I have made in the past.
This turned out to be a wonderful creation for my mom’s birthday. It was a very refreshing dessert that is much less sweet then a traditional birthday cake. The flavor of mint is strong, but you can adjust that based on your liking. You can make it less or even more minty. It is all up to you.
The filling is very versatile, so you can create all sorts of flavors from it by adding different extracts. You can also just leave it without any extracts, and it can be served just as a creamy home made pudding. It is delicious in all forms.
Let me know in the comments how you choose to use this filling, and if you try making the tart, make sure to share your thoughts!
Enjoy!
Other Tarts
Coconut Tart: https://thesweetworldsite.wordpress.com/2019/01/08/coconut-tart/
Sour Cream Tart:
https://thesweetworldsite.wordpress.com/2018/11/29/sour-cream-tart/
Plain Yogurt Tart:
https://thesweetworldsite.wordpress.com/2018/05/30/plain-yogurt-tart/
Almond Tart:
https://thesweetworldsite.wordpress.com/2018/02/28/almond-tart/
What you’ve done is to create a mint quiche. Absolutely inspired! People have been baking for thousands of years now, and consequently, it’s not often someone offers something new. You have.
Really, genius is little more than passionate creativity, and you have it in abundance. Not only do you possess the skills, but great ideas animate them. Mmmmmmm…mint!
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Thank you! I try to be creative and find new, unique recipes to make, and this one certainly is not common 🙂
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This is so unique and delicious 🙂
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Thanks!
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