Recipe of Pastéis de Nata

I wanted to try this delicious Portuguese cake

Here is the recipe for Pastéis de Nata

Time Estimate

Preparation time: about 20 minutes
Cooking time: about 10 minutes
Total time: about 30 minutes

Equipment required

• Saucepan

• Knife

• Salad bowl

• Spoon

• Wooden spoon

• Egg separateur

• Portuguese style egg tart Pasteis de Nata

Ingredients

For 6 people:

• Granulated sugar, 4,40oz (125g)

• Puff pastry

• Milk, 8,45fl oz (250ml)

• 3 eggs

• flour, 0,63oz (18g)

• Salt

• Lemon

• 1 vanilla pod

Recipe

In a saucepan, pour the milk and add the vanilla pod split into 2. Cook.

In a bowl, add the sugar, flour and a pinch of salt. Mix.

When the milk is boiling, remove the pan from the heat and remove the vanilla pod by removing its small seeds to put them in the milk.

Pour the milk into the bowl with the sugar, salt and flour. Mix.

Add 2 egg yolks and 1 whole egg, and 1 tablespoon and 1 teaspoon of lemon juice. Mix.

Spread the puff pastry in small Pastéis de Nata moulds and pour the dough into each mould.

Cook at about 400°F for about 10 minutes