Rhubarb Custard Tart

Ingredients

• 3-4 dozen stalks rhubarb
• Peel of 1 lemon
• 1 small piece cinnamon
• 2 cloves
• Moist sugar to taste
• Peel of 1 lemon
• ½ nutmeg, grated
• ¼ lb butter
• 4 egg yolks
• 1 egg white
• Good puff pastry

Method

1. 1 Clean rhubarb stalks and place in a stew-pan with lemon peel, cinnamon, cloves, and enough sugar to sweeten.
2. 2 Cook over fire, reducing the mixture to a marmalade consistency. Pass through a fine sieve.
3. 3 Stir in lemon peel, grated nutmeg, butter, egg yolks, and egg white until well mixed.
4. 4 Line a pie dish with puff pastry, fill with the rhubarb mixture, and bake for 30 minutes.