Pasteis de nata

July 18, 2016 (Last Updated: January 11, 2019)

Pasteis de nata

Serves: 12
Cooking Time: 45 – 50 mins

Ingredients

  • 1 x 400g roll puff pastry
  • 430ml (1¾ cups) milk
  • 60ml (¼ cup) fresh cream
  • 4 large egg yolks
  • 50g (¼ cup) sugar
  • 30ml (2 tbsp) flour
  • 1 cinnamon stick
  • 4 strips of lemon peel
  • 2,5ml (½ tsp) vanilla extract

Instructions

1

Preheat the oven to 180°C. Grease a 12-hole muffin pan.

2

For the pastry cases, roll the puff pastry out on a lightly floured work surface to 3mm thickness.

3

Cut 12 circles out of the pastry and roll the pastry rounds until fairly thin. Press them into the muffin pan, allowing the sides to spill over slightly.

4

For the custard, combine the milk, cream, egg yolks, sugar and flour in a medium saucepan. Mix well and add the cinnamon, lemon peel and vanilla.

5

Whisk the mixture over a low heat, stirring continuously. (Ensure the milk heats slowly, so that the eggs do not curdle.)

6

Continue stirring until the mixture thickens. Once thick, remove from the heat and discard the cinnamon and lemon peel.

7

Fill the pastry cases with custard, sprinkle with cinnamon and bake in the preheated oven until the pastry is cooked and the custard turns golden, about 15 – 20 minutes.

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