Description
The recipe won't take much time. Serve warm or chilled. Perfect with tea.
Instructions
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Step 1
1. Place half of the sugar, milk, and cream into a small saucepan. Add vanilla and set over heat.
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Step 2
2. Separately beat the yolks, carefully separated from the whites, with the second half of the sugar. You can add a little cinnamon.
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Step 3
3. Gradually, in several stages, add the egg yolks to the milk-cream mixture, constantly beating.
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Step 4
4. It is very important not to let the mixture boil. It should only simmer and warm through. Ultimately, you should get a cream that does not run off the spatula.
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Step 5
5. Strain the cream through a sieve to remove the vanilla and any lumps that may have formed. Place it in a container with ice.
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Step 6
6. Now you can start working with the dough. This simple recipe uses regular puff pastry. It needs to be rolled out quite thinly on a working surface.
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Step 7
7. Then roll tightly and evenly into a roll.
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Step 8
8. And cut into small pieces with a sharp knife.
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Step 9
9. It is convenient to bake "Pasteis de Nata" at home using muffin tins. Grease the bottom and sides with melted butter.
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Step 10
10. Carefully stretch each piece of dough by hand.
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Step 11
11. And place into molds.
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Step 12
12. Evenly distribute the cream into all the molds.
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Step 13
13. Preheat the oven to 210 degrees and bake for about 20–25 minutes. For the last 3 minutes, increase the temperature to maximum.
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Step 14
14. That's the whole secret of making "Pastel de Nata."