Pastéis de Nata 🇵🇹

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C’est un trésor national! C’est une recette qui a 200 ans!

🥧 Portuguese Custard Tart (Pastel de Nata)

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• Preparation Time: 60 minutes
• Difficulty: Easy
• Servings: 20 pastéis (or one BIG pastel)
• Equipment needed:
  • Whisk
  • Muffin tray or a cake tin
  • Oven

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🧂 Ingredients

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• 500 mg puff pastry
• 1 L of milk
• 2 lemon peels
• 2 cinnamon sticks
• 400 g of sugar
• 10 egg yolks + 2 full eggs
• 100 g of flour

👩‍🍳 Preparation

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1. Preheat the oven to 240°C (464°F).
2. In a saucepan, combine the milk, lemon peel, and cinnamon stick. Heat until it reaches boiling point, then remove from heat and let it sit.
3. In a bowl, mix the sugar and flour. Gradually add it to the (still hot) infused milk, stirring continuously to prevent lumps.
4. Let cool down for 10 min. Remove the lemon peels and cinnamon sticks.
5. Add the eggs and egg yolks. Whisk until the mixture is homogeneous.
6. Return the mixture to the saucepan and cook over low heat, stirring constantly until it thickens. Remove from heat and set aside.
7. If making small pastéis:

• Roll out the puff pastry, roll it again in a cylinder and cut it into 3 cm slices. Place each piece into a muffin tin, pressing the dough with your thumbs to fit the shape.
• Fill each pastry shell with the custard mixture.

8. If making a big pastel:

• Place the puff pastry in the cake tin.
• Fill the tin with the custard mixture.

9. Bake in the preheated oven for 15 to 20 minutes or until the tops are golden brown and slightly caramelized.
10. Remove from the oven and let cool before serving.
11. Serving suggestion: sprinkle some cinnamon on top 😋

🍴 Dig in!

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Enjoy your boatmade Pastéis de Nata ⛵️! Let us know how it went! And whatever you do… do not call it a “petit flan” 😂.