Inga’s Rainbow Custard Tart
Cook with Color and make this rainbow custard tart. This dish was inspired by Tasty’s colorful cookware sets and is easy to make, with a sweet marshmallow and cereal crust, balanced custard filling in rainbow colors, and lots of fresh fruit on top.
Tasty Team
91% would make again
Total Time
2 hr 5 min
2 hr 5 min
Prep Time
30 minutes
30 min
Cook Time
15 minutes
15 min
Total Time
2 hr 5 min
2 hr 5 min
Prep Time
30 minutes
30 min
Cook Time
15 minutes
15 min
Ingredients
for 8 servings
Tart Crust
- nonstick cooking spray, for greasing
- ¼ cup sugar (50 g)
- 1 ¼ cups mini marshmallows (60 g)
- 3 cups fruit flavored rice cereal (105 g)
Rainbow Pastry Cream
- ⅓ cup sugar (65 g)
- ½ cup cornstarch (60 g)
- 1 lemon, zested
- ½ teaspoon kosher salt
- 8 large egg yolks, room temperature
- 4 cups whole milk (960 mL)
- ½ stick unsalted butter, room temperature
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- natual food coloring, red, yellow, green and blue
For Decorating
- strawberry, hulled and sliced
- cherry, stemmed and pitted
- mango, peeled, pitted, and cut into shapes with small cookie cutters
- pine, peeled, pitted, and cut into shapes with small cookie cutters
- green kiwi, peeled, pitted, and cut into shapes with small cookie cutters
- blackberry, halved
- red dragon fruit, peeled, pitted, and cut into shapes with small cookie cutters
Nutrition Info
- Calories 341
- Fat 8g
- Carbs 52g
- Fiber 0g
- Sugar 26g
- Protein 11g
Estimated values based on one serving size.
Preparation
- Make the tart crust: Generously grease a 10-inch tart pan with nonstick spray.
- In a large nonstick skillet, melt the sugar over low heat, until dissolved, but not caramelized, about 2 minutes. Stir in the marshmallows until completely melted. Turn off the heat.
- Using a heatproof rubber spatula, add the rice cereal to the marshmallow mixture and stir until completely coated and incorporated.
- Carefully transfer the cereal mixture to the prepared tart pan. Generously grease your hands with nonstick spray, then use to spread and pat down the mixture into an even layer against the bottom and up the sides of the pan. Transfer the crust to the refrigerator to chill for about 20 minutes, or until ready to fill.
- Make the rainbow pastry cream: In a medium saucepan, whisk together the sugar, cornstarch, lemon zest and salt.
- In a large bowl, whisk together the egg yolks and milk. Add the mixture to the saucepan, along with the butter, and bring to a boil over medium heat, whisking constantly. Let boil for 2 minutes, then remove from the heat and stir in the vanilla.
- Strain the pastry cream through a fine-mesh sieve into a large heatproof bowl.
- Divide the pastry cream evenly between 6 medium bowls, approximately ¾ cups each. Dye each bowl of pastry cream as follows: to make red, add 10 drops of red food coloring. To make orange, add 10 drops of red and 12 drops of yellow. To make yellow, add 8 drops of yellow. To make green, add 12 drops of green. To make blue, add 10 drops of blue. To make purple, add 10 drops of blue and 10 drops of red. Stir each bowl with a clean whisk or small rubber spatula until evenly colored.
- Assemble the tart: Fill the cereal crust with the colored pastry cream in even lines, starting with red, then orange, yellow, green, blue, and purple. Return the tart to the refrigerator to chill for at least 1 hour, or overnight.
- Just before serving, decorate the tart with the color-coordinating fruits: strawberries and cherries over the red cream, mango over the orange, pineapple over the yellow, kiwi over the green, blueberries over the blue, and blackberries and dragon fruit over the purple.
- Slice and serve.
- Enjoy!
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