Favorite Ingredients Friday (Portuguese Cream Custards)
PASTRY
2 cup flour plus more
1 tsp salt
2 tbl sugar
10 tbl chilled butter cut 1/4" cubes
5tbl ice water - (to 7 tbspns)
1 tbl cornstarch
1 ½ cup whipping cream
1cup sugar
6x egg yolks
1 - For the Pastry: In bowl of food processor fitted with metal blade, pulse flour, salt and sugar to combine. Add butter and pulse until flour resembles coarse, uneven cornmeal, about 10 one-second pulses. Drizzle 5 tablespoons ice water over mixture. Pulse several times to work water into flour. Add remaining water, 1 tablespoon at a time, and continue pulsing until mixture develops small curds. Turn dough out onto work surface, shape into a disc and cover in plastic wrap. Refrigerate at least 1 hour.
2 - On lightly floured surface, roll half the dough to 1/16-inch thickness. Cut out 6 (4 1/2-inch) circles. Ease dough circles into a 12-cup (4-ounce capacity) nonstick muffin pan, pressing out any overlap. Repeat with remaining dough. Place in freezer 5 minutes. Trim overhang with knife. Line dough cups with cupcake papers and fill with dried beans or pastry weights. Bake at 350 degrees 10 minutes to set.
3 - For the Custard: Dissolve cornstarch in 1/4 cup cream in medium bowl. Add remaining cream and sugar and stir until mixture is smooth and sugar dissolves. Check for sugar granules with a spoon; none should remain. In small bowl, blend yolks with fork until smooth. Add to cream mixture, stirring gently to combine.
4 - Ladle egg mixture into partially baked pastry cups, filling to 2/3 capacity. Bake at 350 degrees until edges of custard are puffed and middle is still jiggly, 20 to 25 minutes. (Custard will continue to cook after removing from oven.) Cool completely in pan. Best when eaten the same day.
This recipe yields 12 servings.
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9 comments:
Sounds wonderful! Thanks for sharing!
You are killing me Laura!!! (but in a good way) I love pasteis de nata! I wish I could nip on down to the closest cafe and get one. Sigh. I miss Portugal!
You are killing me Laura!!! (but in a good way) I love pasteis de nata! I wish I could nip on down to the closest cafe and get one. Sigh. I miss Portugal!
I've never heard or had these before, but they sure sound tasty! I'm always looking for something new to try - thanks for sharing!
These look so good! I love custard and as soon as I can get some eggs and whip cream I am going to try them! Thanks! :)
I love the recipes you post. Thanks!
Oooh, these sound YUMMY! I have custard tins that I haven't tried yet. Now I have a reason to do so.
Thanks so much, Laura, for participating in my Favorite Ingredients Friday recipe exchange. I do appreciate it.
Sounds fun, I have never heard of these before. Thanks.
Yeah, I don't think you can get these like outside of Portugal. (maybe Brazil or other former Portuguese colonies???) Once I found a Portuguese bakery in Los Angeles (I only visited their website) that had them. I wished I lived in LA so I could get some. It's funny that they are rare outside of Portugal because, as Laura says, they are incredibly common and popular in Portugal. As are the cafes at which you can get them.
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