Vegan Custard Parcels

I made these custard parcels over the weekend to satisfy my obscene craving for pastries. It's pretty simple to make, the most time-consuming part being the coating of the filo pastry with the margarine. It was so yummy and so rich and I felt so ill after I scoffed the whole thing down. Give it a try! 

Ingredients:

• 1 packet vegan filo pastry (defrosted)
• 1/2 cup vegan margarine (I use Cardin)
• 1/4 cup breadcrumbs (optional)
• 500 ml soy milk
• 3-4 tbsp sugar
• 3-4 tbsp Moir's Custard Powder

Pre-heat the oven to 180 degrees Celsius. 

Mix together 50ml of soy milk, the sugar and the custard powder until it forms a smooth paste. 

Bring 450ml of soy milk to the boil on the stove and proceed to add the custard paste to the milk. Stir continuously until the paste is dissolved into the milk (whisk the mixture if necessary in order to get rid of any lumps). Bring custard mixture to a boil and once it starts to thicken, remove from the heat. 

Set the custard mixture aside to cool slightly while you prepare the filo pastry. 

Place margarine in a microwave-proof cup and microwave for about 30 seconds or until margarine is melted. 

Place one sheet of filo pastry on a clean surface and brush the one side of the sheet with the melted margarine. Sprinkle some breadcrumbs over the filo pastry sheet (to stop the sheets from sticking together) and layer a second filo pastry sheet over the first. Repeat process for second, third and fourth layers of filo pastry. 

Cut the layered filo pastry sheet into four equal squares. 

Oil four mini oven-proof ramekins and proceed to line each ramekin with a filo pastry square. 

Spoon the thick custard into the filo pastry squares and fold sides of filo pastry in to form a parcel (it should look like a bigass wonton when you're done with it). 

Place in oven and allow to bake for about 20 minutes or until golden brown. 

mushy custard goodness.

*NOM*