皮酥松脆、口感甜糯的英式蛋挞是众多食客的最爱甜点,这种美味的蛋挞还有着几百年的历史渊源,不少英国皇室成员也是它的忠实拥趸者。配上一杯浓郁的伯爵茶,回味英式甜点带来的味蕾享受吧!
The custard tart is regarded as one of Britain’s traditional dishes. It remained a favourite over the centuries and is just as popular today. Even the name has an ancient pedigree—it is derived from both the old French word for crust (crouste), and the Anglo-Norman ‘crustarde’, which meant a tart or pie with a crust.
Custard tarts were popular during Medieval times and records show that King Henry IV enjoyed them at his coronation banquet in 1399.
Henry IV is not the only English monarch with a liking for them. Called ‘doucets’ in the Middle Ages, they were equally popular at the court of Henry VIII. Henry VIII’s daughter, Queen Elizabeth I, who had a famously sweet tooth, also had a great liking for custard in pastry. At her court, custard tarts grew to enormous sizes and had jesters prancing around in the wobbly mix. The mess must have been quite considerable!
Another Royal, Queen Elizabeth the II was also served custard tart as the dessert for her recent 80th birthday celebration.
Today, custard tarts are usually made from short crust pastry, eggs, sugar, milk or cream, and vanilla, sprinkled with nutmeg and baked. However, in King Henry’s day they could have included ingredients such as pork mince or beef marrow, but they were always filled with a sweet custard.
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