Portuguese Custard Tarts - Pasteis de Nata
Recipe by John J Pacheco from allrecipes.com
Dessert 40 Mins.
Ingredients
12
12 servings
- •1 cup milk
- •3 tablespoons cornstarch
- •0.5 vanilla bean
- •1 cup white sugar
- •6 egg yolks
- •1 (17.5 ounce) package frozen puff pastry, thawed
Instructions
- 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
Nutritional Facts
Per 12 servings
- Calories: 336
- Carbohydrate: 39g
- Fat: 18g
- Fiber: 1g
- Protein: 5g
- Sugar: 19g
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