Portugese Custard Tarts
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Portugese Custard Tarts

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Serves 1 - 12 Tartlets

My version of the yummy traditional tarts found in Portugal

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Ingredients

  • 1 whole egg (large)
  • 2 egg yolks (large)
  • 115g golden caster sugar
  • 2 tbsp cornflour
  • 400ml full fat (creamy) milk
  • 2 tsp vanilla extract
  • 1 sheet ready rolled puff pastry

Method

    1. Lightly grease a 12 hole muffin tin and pre-heat oven to 200C/180C fan/Gas 6
    2. Put egg, yolks, sugar & cornflour in a pan and mix well together then gradually add the milk until mixture is well mixed and smooth.
    3. Place pan on medium heat and stir constantly until mixture thickens and comes to the boil. Remove pan from heat and stir in vanilla extract.
    4. Put custard in a glass/ceramic bowl to cool and cover with cling film to prevent skin forming.
    5. Cust pastry sheet into two pieces and place them on top of each other. Roll the pastry tightly, from the short side, into a log and cut the log into 12 even sized rounds.
    6. On a lightly floured board, roll each round into a disc (approx. 10cm) and press the pastry discs into the muffin tin.
    7. Spoon in the cooled custard and bake for 20-25mins until golden on top. Leave to cool in the tin for 5mins then move to a cooling rack to finish cooling although they can be eaten warm.
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ray627
8th Feb, 2020
4.05
Just made these for the first time ,used vanilla pod not essence ,tasted great and looked like Pastei de nata even if it isnt for the purists ,will certainly make these again
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Shaun Delamere
26th Dec, 2019
1.05
The custard bit is fine sadly puff pastry is incorrect was massively disappointed
Jackie49
3rd Dec, 2019
3.05
Like most others who have commented, I found the sugar content too high (and I had already reduced the amount to about 90g), and I also upped the temperature to 200 for an additional 5 minutes. I cut the pastry wheels quite thinly and then rolled out quite thinly too because I wanted to make mini tarts - about 20 in all. The pastry was lovely and flakey and the content pleasantly soft and sweet, but nothing really special to write home about! Probably if I made again, would put even less sugar and more nutmeg or cinnanmon....sorry to all you purists!
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Amal Al Mujaini
1st Aug, 2019
4.05
Great recipe , it's easy to make , love it ! Note : I used white sugar , as I didn't have the brown available.
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Anabela Pombo
24th May, 2019
OK, not Portuguese pasteis de nata sure, but lookalikes. Can be good, but pleeeaaaseee don't put nutmeg here!! you always spoil everything with that, rice pudding as well, it's cinnamon please!! Nutmeg it's not really the same, looks similar but not in taste!! Yes, I am a chef and I rather go to a good typical Portuguese Bakery but I also like to make Pasteis de Nata if I can deliver a good one! Happy sweet days !
kathjeffery
16th May, 2019
5.05
If you're a Pasteis de Nata purist (as suggested by some of the comments on here!), then it is probably best to go to a Portuguese bakery or website to get 'the real thing'. However, this is an excellent version that's quick and easy to make. Mine came out exactly as I'd hoped- soft, creamy filling with a flaky crispy case and slightly burnt top. I used 3 yolks, no whole egg and vanilla pod, baked at 210 C, the custard bubbled nicely and didn't quite set. The recipe made 7 large tarts in muffin tins. They were delicious and I'll definitely be making them again, even if they're not authentically Portuguese!
Alan Ingram
3rd Mar, 2019
I like to save hard copies of recipes so I often use the print option. What I don't need is the waste of paper and ink by the programme printing all the reviews and comments.
Late blooming cook
26th Nov, 2019
This is possible. Click "Print". Then on the next screen don't press PRINT straight away, first click the down arrow next to "Pages" box (which defaults to "All)", then click "custom", you can then select which pages to print. e.g. "1" or "1-2" or "1-3" etc. to save enen more paper you can print smaller and get 2 pages on a single sheer. To do that: click PRINT as above, but then click "More settings". Then select the down arrow next to "Pages per sheet", selecting "2" will be a nice readable view of 2 pages on a single sheet. then click "PRINT" again.
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Maplechops
23rd Mar, 2019
Hi Alan, I also like to have hard copies. Why don’t you try to copy and paste the words of the recipe into a Word processor and printing that? You’re welcome!
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Lucy
7th Nov, 2018
4.05
Always use this recipe! Definitely add some nutmeg and lemon juice to custard, and icing sugar dusted onto the pastry when rolling - as already recommended below :) very tasty

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thestral10
23rd May, 2015
can you use semi skimmed milk instead of full fat milk?
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Espertina Caustica
25th Feb, 2019
Needs more egg yolk
Evil Eve
18th Aug, 2016
5.05
I agree that the 1st time I made these, although tasted scrummy didn't quite look right. But here's a great tips that seemed to work. Instead of rolling pastry discs on flour roll them on icing sugar. It makes the end result crispy & flakey & looks perfect!
aiessa
1st Jun, 2016
generously sieve ground cinnamon & a little icing sugar onto pastry before rolling to give an aromatic taste to pastry.