Pastéis de nata (custard tarts)
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- Preparation:
- Total:
- Serves: 12 persons
Ingredients
- 1puff pastry dough, rolled into a rectangle
- 1 tbspbutter
- 1 dlwater
- 200 gsugar
- 1cinnamon stick
- 1vanilla pod
- 1organic lemon
- 2 ½ dlmilk
- 1 tbspMaizena cornflour
- 5fresh egg yolks
Instructions
Step 1
DoughStep 2
Roll out the dough, brush with butter. Roll up tightly from the long edge, cover and chill for approx. 30 mins.Step 3
FillingStep 4
Bring the water and sugar to the boil in a pan. Add the cinnamon, vanilla and lemon zest, reduce to a syrupy consistency. Remove the cinnamon stick and vanilla pod. Combine the milk and cornflour, add to the syrup, heat through while stirring, allow to cool slightly. Whisk the egg yolks into the mixture one at a time, pour through a sieve, cover and leave to cool.Step 5
To shape the tartsStep 6
Cut the dough roll into 12 slices, press into the prepared holes, pull the dough up around the edges. Pour the filling into the tarts.Step 7
To bakeStep 8
Approx. 40 mins. in the lower half of an oven preheated to 200°C. Remove from the oven, leave to cool completely on a rack.