Main Ingredient - pastry

Ingredients
Crust:
1 roll bought puff pastry
Filling:
3 tablespoons corn flour
3 cups milk
3 tablespoons white sugar
pinch of salt
2 eggs, beaten
1 teaspoon butter
1 teaspoon vanilla essence
Vanilla Icing:
1 cup icing sugar
30ml hot water
pinch of salt
2ml vanilla essence

Method
Crust:
Cut the pastry into 2 equal sheets and place onto baking paper. Prick the pastry a few times. Chill the pastry and then bake in a very hot oven (230C) for 10 minutes. Leave to cool before filling.
Filling:
Mix the cornflour with a little of the milk. Heat the rest of the milk, sugar and salt to boiling point. Add the cornflour mixture, stir well and cook until thick. Add the hot mixture to the beaten eggs, stir and heat together until the mixture just reaches boiling point. Remove from heat and add the butter and flavouring. Leave until well cooled and spread the filling onto 1 crust, placing the other on top.
Vanilla Icing:
Mix the hot water and icing sugar. Add the salt and essence and beat until smooth. Drizzle the icing over the tart and cut into squares just before serving.

Submitted by - Ra-eesa Davids