Pasteis de Nata

Name: Pasteis de Nata
Total time: 1800 s
Yield: 6 servings
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: For Custard; 1and 1/2 cup Milk; 1 cup Sugar; 1 tbsp Vanilla extract; 2 tbsp Cornflour; 1/3 cup Water; 1 Cinnamon stick; For Puff Pastry Sheet; 1 cup All-purpose flour; 1/3 cup Butter; 1 pinch Salt; 2 tbsp Cold Water

Sanuber Ashrafi @tasty_treatbysanu

Jamshedpur

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Pasteis de nata is a Portuguese egg custard tart pastry, which is heavenly delicious. The famous pasteis de nata come from a small monastery outside of Lisbon. I have made it's vegetarian version.

Sanuber Ashrafi @tasty_treatbysanu

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Ingredients

30 minutes

6 servings

For Custard
1and 1/2 cup Milk
1 cupSugar
1 tbspVanilla extract
2 tbspCornflour
1/3 cupWater
1Cinnamon stick
For Puff Pastry Sheet
1 cupAll-purpose flour
1/3 cupButter
1 pinchSalt
2 tbspCold Water

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Steps

30 minutes

1

For Custard, make a sugar syrup from sugar and water, adding a cinnamon stick.
2

Mix cornflour and vanilla extract in milk.
3

Add this mixture to sugar syrup, mix well to avoid lumps, and cook on low heat till it thickened.
4

Take flour in a bowl and add chopped butter, mix well.
5

Add very cold water as needed to knead a tight dough.
6

Divide dough into 2 parts and roll out with a rolling pin.
7

Place them on top of each other, Tightly roll the sheets into a log.
8

Cut the log into 6 evenly sized pieces, and place one piece in each of the 6 wells of the muffin tin using your thumb to press outwards to form a cup.
9

Fill each pastry cup 3/4 of the way to the top with custard, put the tray in the oven and bake until the custard starts to caramelize and the pastry goes golden brown.
10

Delicious Pasteis de Nata (custard tart) is ready to indulge your sweet tooth.