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Portuguese Custard Tarts - Pasteis de Nata

SUBMITTED BY: John J. Pacheco PHOTO BY: B Spradley

"These are delicious Portuguese Custard Tarts."

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Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C.) Lightly grease 12 muffin cups and line bottom and sides with puff pastry.
In a saucepan, combine milk, cornstarch, sugar and vanilla. Cook, stirring constantly, until mixture thickens. Place egg yolks in a medium bowl. Slowly whisk 1/2 cup of hot milk mixture into egg yolks. Gradually add egg yolk mixture back to remaining milk mixture, whisking constantly. Cook, stirring constantly, for 5 minutes, or until thickened. Remove vanilla bean.
Fill pastry-lined muffin cups with mixture and bake in preheated oven for 20 minutes, or until crust is golden brown and filling is lightly browned on top

Reviewed on Mar. 6, 2006 by Lynne C.

The traditional way to line the cups is to take the sheet of puff pastry and roll it into a... MORE

Reviewed on Sep. 11, 2006 by IDALINA

Excellent recipe! I used mini muffin cups, the filling was enough for 30, and I used 1 and a... MORE

Reviewed on May 16, 2007 by Christine-CanadianCook

This is just like the ones my grandmother would get that were imported on special holidays; I... MORE

Reviewed on Dec. 28, 2006 by Nana Sidek

Easy to make and yummy too. The sweetness blended very well with the puff pastry. MORE

Reviewed on Dec. 4, 2005 by beloddy

mmmmm. THese were soo good. I was doubtful because the recipe looked so easy, but they were... MORE

Reviewed on Dec. 5, 2003 by HONEYMELO

These are just like the Pasteis I get from the bakery down the street.. They are so yummy and... MORE

Reviewed on Oct. 13, 2003 by LONGDROP74

WOW ---- YUUUUUUUUMMMMMMYYYYYYY MORE

Reviewed on Oct. 22, 2005 by 2WANNA

I had these in Europe and was dying to make them at home. The custard is very delicious and... MORE

Reviewed on Jul. 14, 2004 by Pamela Cherry