portuguese egg tarts

The famous Pastel de Nata Portuguese Egg Tarts are a rich eggy custard-like tart encased in a crispy and flaky crust found across Portugal, but most prevalently in its birthplace of Lisbon.

Pastel de Nata Portuguese Egg Tarts

puff pastry

heavy cream

sugar

flour

lemon peel (or zest of ½ lemon)

cinnamon

vanilla pod

Flour

Butter

cinnamon powder sugar

Preheat oven to 260 degrees C or 525 degrees F. Generously grease tart pan or muffin tin with butter.

In a medium sized pot, bring the cream, cinnamon stick, vanilla and the lemon peel to a boil (about 5 minutes). Set aside.

In a large heatproof bowl, mix the sugar and flour. Slowly add the cream mixture through a strainer, stirring very well afterwards until no lumps remain.

Return the mixture to medium pot and bring to a boil again, stirring continually to avoid burning. Boil until cream begins to thicken, strain and set aside to let cool.

In a separate bowl, beat the egg yolks and then add them to the cream mixture once cooled enough to avoid scrambling the eggs. Mix well using a wire wisk.

Extend the puff pastry on a floured surface. Fold it and re-roll the roll until approximately 2.5mm. With a round cookie cutter or drinking glass cut circles in dough with the same diameter as the openings of the pan. Line them with a slice of dough, stretching it up the edge approximately the height equivalent of 2 fingers.

Fill each form with the cream to just under the lip of the dough and bake them for about 10 minutes or until the dough edges and tops of tarts are nicely browned. Serve pastries hot or cold topped with cinnamon powder and icing sugar if desired.

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I went to Belem and ate that famous Pastel de Belem at that cafe. Waited in line for 1/2 hour and finally got to a large room where at least 100 people were sitting and eating the pastry and other kinds too. 
Worth to try ! Tasty creamy and smelling good ! I did try to eat the pastel de nata in downtown Lisbon at various bakeries. Not as good as the one in Belem. 
When you travel to chinatown in America, France or in China or Vietnam you will find that famous egg tart brought to China and Vietnam by the Portuguese missionaries in 1600’s .

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