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Homemade pastéis de nata

by Equipa VtrRecipe · ⏱ 60 min · 👤 12 servings
Homemade pastéis de nata

📷 Photo Claude TRUONG-NGOC · CC BY-SA 3.0

Translated from Portuguese. See the original

Portugal's most famous sweet, the custard tart.

Ingredients

  • 1 pack of puff pastry
  • 500 ml of milk
  • 300 g of sugar
  • 150 ml of water
  • 40 g of flour
  • 6 egg yolks
  • 1 cinnamon stick
  • Peel of 1 lemon
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Allergens

GlutenEggsMilk and lactose

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Method

  1. Boil the water, sugar, cinnamon and lemon for 3 minutes
  2. Heat the milk with the flour, stirring until thick, and add the syrup
  3. Leave to cool slightly and add the yolks
  4. Line moulds with the pastry, fill and bake at 250 °C for 15 minutes

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