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And then he went and made it happen. A few months after this conversation, he actually brought some egg tarts from back home and I tried them. They were custardy, sweet, and true to his word, delicious.
I had no more excuses to not bake some Portuguese egg tarts and the best opportunity came up when a bunch of were going to visit Joao and Ruth's baby, Luke.
Imagine baking Portuguese egg tarts for the first time for a Portuguese. Go ahead, imagine that. Jitterville!
I did it and I got a huge thumbs up from Joao. He even said a lot of people in Singapore would be willing to pay for these. Hmmm...
Portuguese Egg Custard Tarts
Adapted from Not Quite Nigella
Makes 12
Ingredients:
3 egg yolks
½ cup sugar (I would use slightly lesser than this next time)
2 tablespoon cornflour
400ml full cream milk
2 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 block of puff pastry sheet
How to Make Portuguese Egg Tarts
1. Grease a muffin tray and pre heat oven to 200C.
2. Place the egg yolks, sugar, and cornflour in a pan and whisk together until well combined. Slowly add in the milk and mix well with no lumps.
3. Place the pan over a medium heat and cook, stirring, until the mixture thickens and comes to the boil. Let it simmer for 2-3 mins, then remove from heat and add the vanilla extract.
4. Transfer the custard to a bowl, cover, and let it cool.
5. Thaw the puff pastry sheet and roll to about ½" thickness on a floured surface. Roll it from the width-side tightly and cut into small discs. Roll each disc (flouring the surface sufficiently) to the rough size of the muffin tray.
6. Lay each rolled out disc into the muffin tray, pour the cooled custard to about ¾ level and bake for about 25 mins.
The custard will bubble up during baking, don't worry! The top of the egg tart should have brownish black patches for that authentic Portuguese egg tart look!
Sprinkle the egg tarts with cinnamon powder and serve warm.
Anonymous
These sound delicious! I adore custard tarts but my family doesn't, having said that I've never made my own custard only ever out of a packet from powder or store brought tarts. I'm giving this recipe a go...who could resist? they look soooo yummy! and I'm sure these will taste better than anything I've attempted before. Thanks heaps!!!
Anonymous
Pastel de Nata are yummy!!!
Haze
Hi, just to check with you, where can i buy here in SIngapore the pastry sheet since I don't know how to make them =) I'm planning to make this one for my hubby's birthday! thanks a lot! I'm learning a lot from your blog
Nags
you can get them in all supermarkets. i bought puff pastry sheets from fairprice.
mycustardpie.com
I've tried making these before and they were a disaster so I'll perservere using your recipe. How brave to bake someone else's national dish for them!
Ananthiya
These look fantastic! I am drooling all over my keyboard : P
I'll need to make these for my family! : ) I absolutely L.O.V.E your pictures, you're so good at photography!
paje
These look incredible - I have been dying to go to proper Portuguese bakery for ages so this is a way of bringing the bakery to me rather than going to one! Will definitely make them this weekend! Thanks.
Kimberly Glesenkamp
That looks absolutely amazing!
Priti
Looks yum n interesting ....
Carrie @ Bakeaholic Mama
Sounds very similar to the egg custard tarts I make though I sprinkle the tops with nutmeg and cinnamon sugar. Yours look delish!