Pastéis de Nata
Lisbon's warm custard miracle: a shattering caramelised puff-pastry shell holding barely-set, cinnamon-kissed egg custard. Ingredients: puff pastry, egg yolks, sugar, milk or cream, flour or cornstarch, lemon peel, cinnamon stick, cinnamon and icing sugar to serve.
What it is
Lisbon's warm custard miracle: a shattering caramelised puff-pastry shell holding barely-set, cinnamon-kissed egg custard. Ingredients: puff pastry, egg yolks, sugar, milk or cream, flour or cornstarch, lemon peel, cinnamon stick, cinnamon and icing sugar to serve. Recipe: 1) Line small tins with spiral-rolled puff pastry, thinned at the rim. 2) Simmer a sugar syrup with lemon and cinnamon; whisk into yolks and warm milk; add a little starch. 3) Fill shells nearly full. 4) Bake at maximum heat until the tops blister and spot black. Serve: warm, dusted with cinnamon and icing sugar, with an espresso. Flavor: crisp, creamy, burnt-sugar bitter-sweet. History: created by monks at Belém's Jerónimos Monastery and sold since 1837 by the Fábrica de Pastéis de Belém, whose recipe remains a guarded secret. See also: Bacalhau à Brás, Caldo Verde.
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