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INGREDIENTS FOR PORTUGUESE CUSTARD TARTS

Here you'll find all the ingredients needed to make this recipe:

• Puff pastry
• Maizena (corn starch)
• All-purpose flour
• Egg yolks
• Water
• Granulated sugar
• Milk
• Lemon peel
• Cinnamon stick
• Cinnamon powder

Below you’ll find the correct measurement of all ingredients and the step-by-step guide for this recipe.

HOW TO MAKE PORTUGUESE CUSTARD TARTS

Step 1:
For the syrup: In a saucepan, add the sugar, water, lemon peel and the cinnamon stick. Stir well and boil on a medium-high heat for 1 to 2 minutes. Turn off the heat and set aside.

Step 2:
For the cream: In a saucepan, whisk the corn starch and the flour. Pour a little milk (about 100 ml) and mix well. Pour the remaining milk and stir. Heat on medium heat and stir until thickened. Turn off the heat. Gradually pour the sugar syrup and whisk. Let it cool.

Step 3: Meanwhile, roll the pastry from one end to the other and cut in round slices with 3 centimeters (1 1/4 inches). Place the slices within the muffin pans and press the center of the pastry with fingers until fill completely the muffin pans, set aside.

Step 4: Add the egg yolks into the cream saucepan and mix well (remove the lemon peel and the cinnamon stick).

Step 5: Preheat the oven to 200ºC (400ºF).

Step 6: Pour the cream into the muffin pans lined with the puff pastry and bake until the Portuguese custard tarts start to turn golden, about 15 minutes.

Step 7: Turn off the oven and let cool. Dust the Portuguese custard tarts with cinnamon powder and serve.

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Do you like traditional Portuguese recipes? Make these delicious, simple, creamy and homemade Portuguese custard tarts.

Category:Breakfast, Desserts, Recipes, Traditional Portuguese recipes, Videos

Cuisine: Portuguese

Difficulty: Intermediate

Servings: 18 units

Prep Time:

15 m

Cook Time:

25 m

Total Time:

40 m

Ingredients

• 650 grams (1 1/2 pounds) puff pastry
• 25 grams (about 2 tablespoons) Maizena (corn starch)
• 25 grams (about 2 tablespoons) all-purpose flour
• 6 egg yolks
• 200 ml (1 cup) water to room temperature
• 225 grams (1 cup) granulated sugar
• 300 ml (1 1/3 cups) milk
• Lemon peel
• 1 cinnamon stick
• Cinnamon powder for dusting

Directions

1. For the syrup:
   In a saucepan, add the sugar, water, lemon peel and the cinnamon stick. Stir well and boil on a medium-high heat for 1 to 2 minutes. Turn off the heat and set aside.
2. For the cream:
   In a saucepan, whisk the corn starch and the flour. Pour a little milk (about 100 ml) and mix well. Pour the remaining milk and stir. Heat on medium heat and stir until thickened. Turn off the heat. Gradually pour the sugar syrup and whisk. Let it cool.
3. Meanwhile, roll the pastry from one end to the other and cut in round slices with 3 centimeters (1 1/4 inches). Place the slices within the muffin pans and press the center of the pastry with fingers until fill completely the muffin pans, set aside.
4. Add the egg yolks into the cream saucepan and mix well (remove the lemon peel and the cinnamon stick).
5. Preheat the oven to 200ºC (400ºF).
6. Pour the cream into the muffin pans lined with the puff pastry and bake until the Portuguese custard tarts start to turn golden, about 15 minutes.
7. Turn off the oven and let cool. Dust the Portuguese custard tarts with cinnamon powder and serve.

Portuguese Custard Tarts

Nutrition facts

Serves 18 units

Per Serving:

% DAILY VALUE

Calories 282

Total Fat 15.5 g(20%)

Saturated Fat 4 g(21%)

Cholesterol 71 mg(24%)

Sodium 101 mg(4%)

Total Carbohydrate 32 g(12%)

Protein 4 g

2 Comments

1. 

   Tami

   October 21, 2020 at 5:12 am·Reply

   I love Portuguese egg tart. I buy it from a Portuguese Import Store in Artesia, California. I have a question, do you use frozen puff pastry that contains butter or margarine? Does it matter.

   • 

     Pedro Barbosa

     October 28, 2020 at 4:17 pm·Reply

     Hi Tami,

     Good question Tami. We use frozen puff pastry that contains butter but, we think it doesn’t matter if you use with margarine.

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