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Portuguese Custard Tarts

Prep Time

40 min

Servings

12

Cook Time

15 min

PastriesHard

Portuguese Custard Tarts

Flaky pastry cups with burnt caramelized custard. The famous Pasteis de Nata.

1Ingredients

Adjust Servings
12
  • 1 sheet puff pastry
  • 1 cup milk
  • 1/2 cup sugar
  • 3 tbsp flour
  • 4 egg yolks
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • 1 strip lemon peel
  • Cinnamon stick

2Instructions

  1. 1

    Heat milk with lemon peel and cinnamon; strain.

  2. 2

    Whisk sugar, flour, yolks.

  3. 3

    Slowly add hot milk to yolks.

  4. 4

    Roll pastry tightly; slice into rounds.

  5. 5

    Press into muffin tin.

  6. 6

    Fill 3/4 with custard.

  7. 7

    Bake at 500F for 12-15 minutes until charred spots appear.

Baker's Tips

  • •Very high heat creates the signature char marks
  • •Best eaten within hours of baking