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title: Pastéis de Nata (Portuguese Custard Tarts)
servings: 12
prep time: 40 minutes
cook time: 15 minutes
source: https://mycibora.com/recipes/pasteis-de-nata
---

Gather @puff pastry{400%g}, @heavy cream{100%ml}, @egg yolk{6}, @all-purpose flour{30%g} and @cinnamon stick{1}.

Boil @sugar{180%g} with 100ml water, @lemon{1} peel and cinnamon to a light syrup.

Whisk flour into @milk{300%ml}, cook to thicken, then stream in the syrup; temper into yolks and strain — a loose custard.

Roll the pastry into a log, slice coins, and press them up muffin-tin walls with wet thumbs.

Fill ¾ and bake at absolute maximum (270°C+ if possible) 11–13 minutes until leopard-spotted. ~{13%minutes}

Eat warm with cinnamon dust and appropriate reverence.