custard tart
Eggy baked dessert
A custard tart is a pastry shell filled with egg custard, baked until set.
The filling is typically smooth and creamy, sometimes topped with nutmeg or fruit.
In British rhyming slang, custard tart means fart: Who let off a custard?
Smooth and lustrous
- velvetySoft and smooth-textured
- smoothWithout roughness or difficulty
- creamySmooth and rich
- richHaving much of something
luscious · thick · glossy · wobbly · jiggly · set · dense · delicate
Buttery baked dough
- ovenEnclosed cooking chamber
- crustHard outer layer
- eggwashBeaten coating for pastry
- fillingMaterial placed within
shortcrust · tartlet · flan · glaze · preheat · browned · bake · ramekin
Inherited cultural legacy
- nostalgiaLonging for the past
- BritishOf the United Kingdom
- PortugueseOf a western Iberian nation
- CantoneseSouthern Chinese dialect
old-fashioned · classic · homemade · bakery · patisserie · tea-time
silky
Smooth and lustrous
rich · luscious · thick · glossy · wobbly · jiggly · set · dense · delicate · soft
pastry
Buttery baked dough
filling · shortcrust · tartlet · flan · glaze · preheat · browned · bake · ramekin · set
heritage
Inherited cultural legacy
- nostalgiaLonging for the past
- BritishOf the United Kingdom
- PortugueseOf a western Iberian nation
Cantonese · old-fashioned · classic · homemade · bakery · patisserie · tea-time
sweet
Tasting of sugar
- vanillaOrchid pod extract
- caramelizedBrowned through sugar heating
- nutmegAromatic seed spice
cinnamon · sugar · egg · cream · butter · honey · toffee · butterscotch · maple · rosewater
flan
Caramel-glazed baked custard
- tartstartlet
- Portuguese Foodsalt cod, salted cod, linguica, feijoada, prego
- British foodfish and chips, full English, bangers and mash, Sunday roast, shepherd's pie
- pastriescroissant, danish, croissants, butter croissant, eclairs
- piesapple pie, pie, cherry pie, blueberry pie, cream pie
- cream pastriescream puff, cream puffs, eclair, eclairs, profiterole
custard tartquiche
Custard pie, often cheesy
savory tart · onion tart · tomato tart · cheese tart · meat pie