10 best custard tart recipes

10 of our best custard tart recipes

A second slice? That's a foregone conclusion.

Alistair Wise's custard tart

Ben Dearnley (main)

A good custard tart is hard to beat. Silky smooth custard plus buttery pastry is good on its own; riff on the formula with a lemon custard filling, a brioche-like crust with an apple or pear topping, or Portuguese custard tarts, and you’re onto a very good thing indeed.

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Brioche apple custard tart

Brioche apple custard tart

The Agrarian Kitchen’s rhubarb and chamomile tart

The Agrarian Kitchen’s rhubarb and chamomile tart

Lemon-buttermilk tart

Lemon-buttermilk tart

Portuguese custard tarts

Portuguese custard tarts

Bourke Street Bakery’s custard tart with rhubarb ice-cream

Bourke Street Bakery’s custard tart with rhubarb ice-cream

Vanilla custard and burnt-toffee tart

Vanilla custard and burnt-toffee tart

Lemon tart

Lemon tart

Marco Pierre White’s custard tart

Marco Pierre White’s custard tart

Pear brioche tart with maple custard cream

Pear brioche tart with maple custard cream

Alistair Wise’s custard tart

Alistair Wise’s custard tart

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