Pastel De Nata

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As for the number of servings that can be served to make Pastel de Nata is 12 pasteis. So make sure this portion is enough to serve for yourself and your beloved family.

Just in addition, the time it takes to cook Pastel de Nata estimated approx 1 hr 30 mins.

To begin with this particular recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can have Pastel de Nata using 11 ingredients and 18 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Arguably the most popular Portuguese pastry. It's surprisingly easy to make at home. The only tricky part that takes some practice is spreading the dough thinly.

You will need specialized aluminium baking tins though. If you don't have them, you could also use a muffin tray in a pinch.

This recipe is slightly adapted from https://pastel-de-nata.pt/receita-de-pastel-de-nata/

Ingredients and spices that need to be Take to make Pastel de Nata:

1. 12 aluminium pastel de nata baking tins
2. 270 g puff pastry dough (6 squares of frozen dough)
3. Butter for greasing the baking tins (optional)
4. Custard
5. 500 ml milk
6. 3 large slices of lemon zest
7. 60 g white flour
8. 200 g sugar
9. 100 ml water
10. 7 egg yolks
11. 1 cinnamon stick

Steps to make to make Pastel de Nata

1. Defrost the dough squares and roll them into a tight cylinder shape. Wrap each roll individually in clingfilm and place them in the fridge for 15 minutes.
2. Take the dough out of the fridge, cut it into 12 equal slices, and leave it at room temperature while preparing the custard.
3. In a small saucepan, mix the sugar with the water and put it on low heat.
4. Pour 300 ml of milk into a separate saucepan and add the lemon zest slices and a cinnamon stick. Warm it up on low heat.
5. In a small bowl, mix the remaining milk with the flour. Whisk it well until completely smooth.
6. When the sugar mixture is boiling, keep it on low heat for another 5 minutes or so, until it forms a thick pearl-like drop on a wooden spoon as it drips.
7. When the milk starts to boil, take it off the heat, remove the lemon zest and cinnamon, and add the flour mixture while stirring.
8. Place the milk back on a gentle heat and stir constantly, until it starts thickening.
9. Pour the pearly sugar syrup slowly into the milk while stirring. Whisk the mixture until smooth, then let it cool.
10. Turn the oven on. Set it to 300°C, or as high as it will go.
11. Very lightly grease 12 aluminium pastel de nata baking tins with butter. (You can also skip this step if you don't mind them sticking a bit.)
12. Place one of the dough pieces vertically into the middle of a baking tin. Lightly wet your thumb and press the dough down to squash it. Using only your thumb, spread the dough very thinly around the entire tin by pushing the excess towards the top, where the dough should be slightly thicker.
13. Repeat the previous step for each of the baking tins.
14. Add the egg yolks into the saucepan and mix well until combined, then strain the custard.
15. Pour the custard into the tins, making sure that they are not completely filled (around 50 g per tin).
16. Place the baking tins into the oven for about 8 minutes, or until the custard starts to brown and blacken on top.
17. Take the baking tins out and leave to cool for about 5 minutes, then take the pastries out of the tins, and place them on a wire rack to continue cooling.
18. When they cool down enough not to burn your mouth, serve them lightly dusted with cinnamon powder.

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