Portuguese Egg Custard Tarts Recipe
My ex-manager, Joao, is Portuguese and from the day he came to know that I love baking, he's been asking me to bake some Portuguese egg tarts. It sounded daunting but to be fair, I didn't even do a search for Portuguese egg tarts before deciding that in my mind. As he continued telling me how delicious they are and couldn't be more different from the Chinese Egg Tarts, I said I would try baking the Portuguese version if he could bring some for me from Portugal. He agreed.
And then he went and made it happen. A few months after this conversation, he actually brought some egg tarts from back home and I tried them. They were custardy, sweet, and true to his word, delicious.
I had no more excuses to not bake some Portuguese egg tarts and the best opportunity came up when a bunch of were going to visit Joao and Ruth's baby, Luke.
Imagine baking Portuguese egg tarts for the first time for a Portuguese. Go ahead, imagine that. Jitterville!
I did it and I got a huge thumbs up from Joao. He even said a lot of people in Singapore would be willing to pay for these. Hmmm...
Portuguese Egg Custard Tarts
Adapted from Not Quite Nigella
Makes 12
Ingredients:
3 egg yolks
1/2 cup sugar (I would use slightly lesser than this next time)
2 tbsp cornflour
400ml full cream milk
2 tsp vanilla extract
1 block of puff pastry sheet
How I Made Them:
1. Grease a muffin tray and pre heat oven to 200C.
2. Place the egg yolks, sugar, and cornflour in a pan and whisk together until well combined. Slowly add in the milk and mix well with no lumps.
3. Place the pan over a medium heat and cook, stirring, until the mixture thickens and comes to the boil. Let it simmer for 2-3 mins, then remove from heat and add the vanilla extract.
4. Transfer the custard to a bowl, cover, and let it cool.
5. Thaw the puff pastry sheet and roll to about 1/2" thickness on a floured surface. Roll it from the width-side tightly and cut into small discs. Roll each disc (flouring the surface sufficiently) to the rough size of the muffin tray.
6. Lay each rolled out disc into the muffin tray, pour the cooled custard to about 3/4 level and bake for about 25 mins.
The custard will bubble up during baking, don't worry! The top of the egg tart should have brownish black patches for that authentic Portuguese egg tart look!
Sprinkle with cinnamon powder and serve warm.
And then he went and made it happen. A few months after this conversation, he actually brought some egg tarts from back home and I tried them. They were custardy, sweet, and true to his word, delicious.
I had no more excuses to not bake some Portuguese egg tarts and the best opportunity came up when a bunch of were going to visit Joao and Ruth's baby, Luke.
Imagine baking Portuguese egg tarts for the first time for a Portuguese. Go ahead, imagine that. Jitterville!
I did it and I got a huge thumbs up from Joao. He even said a lot of people in Singapore would be willing to pay for these. Hmmm...
Portuguese Egg Custard Tarts
Adapted from Not Quite Nigella
Makes 12
Ingredients:
3 egg yolks
1/2 cup sugar (I would use slightly lesser than this next time)
2 tbsp cornflour
400ml full cream milk
2 tsp vanilla extract
1 block of puff pastry sheet
How I Made Them:
1. Grease a muffin tray and pre heat oven to 200C.
2. Place the egg yolks, sugar, and cornflour in a pan and whisk together until well combined. Slowly add in the milk and mix well with no lumps.
3. Place the pan over a medium heat and cook, stirring, until the mixture thickens and comes to the boil. Let it simmer for 2-3 mins, then remove from heat and add the vanilla extract.
4. Transfer the custard to a bowl, cover, and let it cool.
5. Thaw the puff pastry sheet and roll to about 1/2" thickness on a floured surface. Roll it from the width-side tightly and cut into small discs. Roll each disc (flouring the surface sufficiently) to the rough size of the muffin tray.
6. Lay each rolled out disc into the muffin tray, pour the cooled custard to about 3/4 level and bake for about 25 mins.
The custard will bubble up during baking, don't worry! The top of the egg tart should have brownish black patches for that authentic Portuguese egg tart look!
Sprinkle with cinnamon powder and serve warm.
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Wow. I just found your blog through blogs of note and this couldn't be more timely! Since going to Portugal years ago, I have been meaning to attempt these gems. As I now have access to good eggs from a farm, I had decided that this was the week for me to give this a try. Thanks for the recipe!
ReplyDeleteThese look lovely Nags ! Have u made pastry sheets at home anytime ? If you do have a recipe for it, I would love to try it out...Thanks..
ReplyDeleteArch, I haven't tried making pastry sheets from scratch but that's a great idea for a recipe experiment. Will share recipe if I try to make pastry sheets at home :)
ReplyDeleteLuv it....Need these recipes with sugar-free. Please help.
ReplyDeleteMy husband is Portuguese too and i love love love these!!! im gonna definitely give this recipe a go! hopefully it comes out good enough to give to his parents .. lol .. jitterville indeed!! ;P
ReplyDeleteI haven't tried these recipes with sugar-free. You mean dessert recipes for diabetic people right? Sorry, not sure of quantities :(
ReplyDeleteLooks very tempting...yummy that I am eager to taste one :)
ReplyDeleteYes, Nags. My family members are either diabetic or likely candidates. Hence i hesitate to make sometimes though they seem so easy with your pictures. No probs..thank you for your prompt response. Appreciate it..
ReplyDeleteI loved these cakes, when I can prove it to bake, they are delicious. Congratulations.
ReplyDeleteLooks absolutely delicious!! Great that you perfected it at one go.
ReplyDeleteLove the whole thingy about food. thanks for making me drool missy!!!! ahahahha
ReplyDeletewowww... just superb Nags.. last snap is too tempting.. :o
ReplyDeleteNags, Mrs. B.F V has a good recipe for pastry in one of her books and comes as part of a beef tart recipe.
ReplyDeleteI'm portuguese and I follow your blog for a very long time!
ReplyDeleteThis is my favorite since I remember and I love to do different recipes also!
Next time try to sprinkle some cinnamon in the pastry before you roll it!
It will be amazing ;)
Never attempt to an egg tart till now,this is awesome...it comes out perfect!!!
ReplyDeleteThat looks so good!
ReplyDeleteThis is new to me .. but the comments above tell me that this a perfect & yummy one...
ReplyDeleteThese are beautiful.. i wish i cud have a few right now...
ReplyDeleteYum!!! Congrats on being named a blog of note also. Nice accomplishment. Come on by if you have a minute - A Camp Host's Meanderings.
ReplyDeletethat's a great tip OrquÃdea. i'll try that the next time i bake portuguese egg tarts.
ReplyDeleteLooks yum n interesting ....
ReplyDeleteSounds very similar to the egg custard tarts I make though I sprinkle the tops with nutmeg and cinnamon sugar. Yours look delish!
ReplyDeleteThat looks absolutely amazing!
ReplyDeleteThese look incredible - I have been dying to go to proper Portuguese bakery for ages so this is a way of bringing the bakery to me rather than going to one! Will definitely make them this weekend! Thanks.
ReplyDeleteThese look fantastic! I am drooling all over my keyboard : P
ReplyDeleteI'll need to make these for my family! : ) I absolutely L.O.V.E your pictures, you're so good at photography!
I've tried making these before and they were a disaster so I'll perservere using your recipe. How brave to bake someone else's national dish for them!
ReplyDeleteHi, just to check with you, where can i buy here in SIngapore the pastry sheet since I don't know how to make them =) I'm planning to make this one for my hubby's birthday! thanks a lot! I'm learning a lot from your blog
ReplyDeleteyou can get them in all supermarkets. i bought puff pastry sheets from fairprice.
ReplyDeletePastel de Nata are yummy!!!
ReplyDeleteThese sound delicious! I adore custard tarts but my family doesn't, having said that I've never made my own custard only ever out of a packet from powder or store brought tarts. I'm giving this recipe a go...who could resist? they look soooo yummy! and I'm sure these will taste better than anything I've attempted before. Thanks heaps!!!
ReplyDeletethank you for sharing....
ReplyDeleteI am Portuguese Asian born in America,
these are a favorite!!
tereza
I'm Portuguese too, and I haven't had these in years! I'll have to give this a try. I'm not completely sure, but I think the original recipe from the Lisbon area uses Port wine instead of vanilla.
ReplyDeleteWell, we don't have those pastry sheets in store here. So it would be nice to find out what kind of dough it is. So that I could try to make it myself. OR maybe someone has a recipe for it. Would appreciate
ReplyDeleteWow I've always wanted to try these but could never work up the courage you make it look easy.
ReplyDeletei tried to bake these and it tastes great. But i am not sure why the custard puffed up and it doesnt look as flat and nice as your picture. Could you enlighten me, please?
ReplyDeleteGerard, portuguese egg tarts do bubble up quite a bit when they are baking but once done, they should settle down more or less. was your still puffed up? maybe you poured too much custard into each cup? ideally, it should stay just over half-filled before baking.
ReplyDeletethese look perfect!
ReplyDeleteLooks delish! I will try to bake some too =D
ReplyDeleteIs full cream milk the same as whole milk? Or is more like heavy whipping cream? Please clarify as I definitely want to try making these since it's one of our favorite things to eat but don't have anywhere here that makes them. Thanks for posting this recipe!
ReplyDeleteIs full cream milk the same thing as whole milk? Or is it more like using heavy whipping cream? Please do clarify as I'm excited to try these. My husband and I absolutely LOVE these and can't find anywhere in town that makes them. Thanks for posting this recipe!
ReplyDeleteyes i mean regular milk that hasn't been made low fat or skimmed. Good luck with baking up these portuguese egg tarts :)
DeleteEggtarts :9 yuumm.. yumm..
ReplyDeleteI do love eggtarts~
thanks for sharing :D
You make it sound easy to cook egg tarts! I'll just go to KFC and have my egg tart fix :)
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