Chinese Egg Tarts

[mneeley490]

One of my favorite things about visiting my local Chinese buffet, which was sadly closed in 2020 because of Covid. Hard to find otherwise in my area; there is a Chinese bakery that makes them about 20 miles from my place, and they're good, but they're $2 each.
So thanks to Youtube, I made some yesterday. I guess there are two kinds; Hong Kong style, which uses a dough, and Portuguese style which uses a puff pastry. I opted for store-bought puff pastry, and used the recipe in this video:
Egg Tarts using Puff Pastry

Came out pretty good, if just a touch sweet for my taste.

 

[bauchjw]

Dang! Those are incredible looking! My Chinese buffets must have been cheating us! Great initiative, do you have a recipe handy?

 

[JLeonard]

looks tasty. I'll take two with a cup of coffee!
Jim

 

[mneeley490]

Dang! Those are incredible looking! My Chinese buffets must have been cheating us! Great initiative, do you have a recipe handy?

Click the link in bold, above.

 

[bauchjw]

Click the link in bold, above.

 

[mneeley490]

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LOL, points for bringing two threads together.

 

[bauchjw]

LOL, points for bringing two threads together.

Hehe, sadly it’s not a bit and actually is more normal for me to throw these in my conversations.

 

[Central PA Cowboy]

Very nice! You a dim sum fan as well?

 

[Fueling Around]

That is cooking!
I used to frequent Seattle Chinatown (excuse me "International District") and never had an egg tart. Not a big dessert eater so not surprising I missed them.
But seeing the recipe is a custard cup cake, I may try it for breakfast. I'm a huge bread pudding lover.

 

[jcam222]

They look very tasty!

 

[1MoreFord]

Looks wonderful but surprising that you would find something like that in a Chinese joint. It has been my understanding the Chinese don't have/use ovens.

 

[mneeley490]

Very nice! You a dim sum fan as well?

Yes, but the ones in Seattle's International District are hit or miss, and I live about 30 miles north of there. There was a very good one a few miles from me that closed 2 months after I discovered it. Now I've found another in north Seattle; my Chinese best friend and I go there, which is good, since very little of the staff speak English, and he speaks Mandarin. That's were I found the $2 tarts in a bakery next door.

 

[GaryHibbert]

I find that Chinese deserts are usually too sweet, but I lnow Miss Linda would love it.
Gary