Pastéis de Nata (Portuguese Custard Tarts)

Pastéis de Nata (Portuguese Custard Tarts)

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Pastéis de Nat, born in a Lisbon monastery — these custard tarts tell a story of resourcefulness, tradition, and irresistible flavour.

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Cooking tools:

  • Kitchen scale
  • Fine-mesh sieve
  • Microplane
  • Rolling pin
  • Muffin tin
  • Cooling rack
  • Saucepan
  • Whisk
  • Chef's knife
  • Stove
  • Oven

Ingredients

  • 300g whole milk
  • 30g plain flour
  • 250g caster sugar
  • 125g water
  • 6 large egg yolks
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • Zest of ½ lemon (optional)
  • ¼ tsp salt
  • 1 sheet (about 250g) of all-butter puff pastry, thawed if frozen
  • Butter (for greasing tins)
  • Flour (for rolling)
  • Powdered sugar and ground cinnamon, for dusting

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