Medium

Portuguese Custard Tarts - Pasteis de Nata

Total Time
49 min
13m prep · 36m cook
Servings
4 people
Rating
Difficulty
Medium
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🥬 Vegetarian 🌾 Gluten-Free 🥜 Nut-Free ☪️ Halal ✡️ Kosher

These are delicious Portuguese Custard Tarts.

Ingredients

  • 1 cup milk
  • 3 tablespoons cornstarch
  • 0.5 vanillas bean
  • 1 cup white sugar
  • 6 eggs yolks
  • 1 , 17.5 ounce

Instructions

  1. 1

    Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C.) Lightly grease 12 muffin cups and line bottom and sides with puff pastry.

  2. 2

    In a saucepan, combine milk, cornstarch, sugar and vanilla. Cook, stirring constantly, until mixture thickens. Place egg yolks in a medium bowl. Slowly whisk 1/2 cup of hot milk mixture into egg yolks. Gradually add egg yolk mixture back to remaining milk mixture, whisking constantly. Cook, stirring constantly, for 5 minutes, or until thickened. Remove vanilla bean.

  3. 3

    Fill pastry-lined muffin cups with mixture and bake in preheated oven for 20 minutes, or until crust is golden brown and filling is lightly browned on top

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