From Tivoli Hotels & Resorts and first created by nuns and monks in the Jerónimos Monastery who used egg whites to starch their clothes, keeping the left-over egg yolks to make desserts. This recipe was later sold to the eventual owners of Fábrica de Pastéis de Belém back in 1837 and these dangerously delicious Pastel De Nata’s have been world-famous ever since.
Ingredients
Dough:
(or use ready-made puff pastry for ease)
250g flour
100g water
Margarine
Filling:
500g milk
75g flour
17g Maizena cornflour
500g sugar
250g water
1 cinnamon stick
Rind of ½ lemon
100g egg yolks
50g eggs
Method
Mix the flours with a small amount of milk, boil the remainder of the milk and mix in well
Make a paste with water, sugar and flavouring ingredients and boil for 2 minutes
Mix the paste with the pre-prepared flours and milk. Leave to cool then add in the eggs
Meanwhile, cut the puff pastry sheet into two pieces and place them on top of each other. Tightly roll the sheets into a log, from the short side
Next, cut the log into 12 evenly sized pieces. Place one piece in each of the 12 wells of the muffin tin. Dipping your thumb in cold water first, press your thumb down into the centre of the dough piece and press outwards to form a cup with the pastry. The pastry cup should have its top edge just above the top of the well of the muffin tin
Fill each pastry cup ¾ of the way to the top with custard
Put the tray in the oven and bake until the custard starts to caramelise and the pastry turns golden brown (roughly 10-12 minutes)
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