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Pie Susu Bali

Make your own batch of these wonderful Balinese treats, as a throwback to your last trip there or just to satisfy your curiosity.
Prep Time 1 hour
Cook Time 1 hour
Resting Time 1 hour
Total Time 3 hours
Course Dessert, Snack
Cuisine Balinese, Indonesian
Servings 48 pies

Equipment

  • 48 egg tart moulds 7.5 cm diameter
  • 2 baking trays 15- by 12-inch

Ingredients
  

For the pastry

  • 200 grams margarine softened
  • 50 grams Buttercup (butter blend) softened
  • 500 grams pastry flour 8% to 9% protein
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 55 grams iced water
  • 75 grams eggs beaten
  • ½ teaspoon sweetened condensed milk

For the filling

  • 260 grams full cream milk OR 250 grams water
  • 250 grams sweetened condensed milk
  • 80 grams castor sugar
  • 125 grams egg yolks from about 7 eggs
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 20 grams cornstarch
  • teaspoon salt

Instructions
 

  • Make the pastry. In the bowl of your stand mixer, add the margarine, butter blend, flour, and salt.
  • Using the beater attachment, mix at the lowest speed, until the mixture resembles coarse breadcrumbs.
  • While the mixer is mixing, in a separate container, add the iced water, eggs, and sweetened condensed milk. Mix to combine.
  • Continuing at the lowest speed, pour the liquid mixture into the mixing bowl. Mix until just combined and a dough is formed. Be careful not to overmix.
  • Divide the dough into 18-gram pieces. You should end up with 48 pieces. Roll each piece of dough into a ball.
  • Press the dough pieces into the tart moulds.
  • Arrange the moulds in a baking tray [See Note 2]. Set aside while you make the filling. Optionally, let rest for 1 hour.
  • Next, make the filling. In a large mixing bowl, add the milk or water, sweetened condensed milk, sugar, egg yolks, vanilla extract, cornstarch, and salt. Beat gently, until throughly combined the sugar is dissolved. Optionally, let rest for 1 hour, before proceeding with the next step.
  • Preheat the oven to 160 degrees C, fan off. Place the rack on the bottom rung of the oven [See Note 1].
  • Using a fine mesh strainer, strain the mixture.
  • Ladle the filling into the tart shells, about a tablespoon each. You should have just enough filling, with no leftovers.
  • Bake in the preheated oven, until slightly caramelized around the edges of the filling, about 1 hour.

Notes

  1. The tray needs to be at the bottom rung so that the pie crusts cook sufficiently without overbrowning the filling.
  2. The size of the tray I  used was 15- by 12-inches, which fits 20 7.5cm moulds.  I ended up baking in 3 batches, two trays of 20 plus one small tray of 8.
  3. To reheat before serving after the pies have cooled down, toast in an air fryer or toaster oven at 160 degrees C for 3 minutes.