Title: Strawberry Tarts
Categories: Dessert Fruit
Yield: 8 Servings

1/4	c	Sugar
1	tb	Flour, all-purpose
	ds	Salt
1/2	c	Milk
1		Egg; well-beaten
1/4	ts	Vanilla extract
1/3	c	Whipping cream; whipped
8		Tart shells, 3"; baked
1	pt	Strawberries, fresh; hulled
		Currant jelly

Combine sugar, flour, and salt in top of a double boiler; stir in milk. cook mixture over boiling water, stirring constantly, until thickend.

Stir some of hot mixture into egg. Stir egg mixture into remaining hot mixture. Cook over boiling water, stirring constantly, until thickened. Remove from heat, and add vanilla. Set aside to cool.

Fold cooled custard into whipped cream. Spoon into tart shells, filling half full. Arrange 4 to 5 strawberries over filling. Spread 1 teaspoon jelly on each tart, filling in between strawberries. Chill well before serving.

SOURCE: Southern Living Magazine, April 1980. Typos by Nancy Coleman. From: Chris Date: 03-20-94

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