You may also like these spinach feta muffins, very easy to bake and super delicious!
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 to Make Portuguese Egg Tarts
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 the egg tarts with cinnamon powder and serve warm.
Looks absolutely delicious!! Great that you perfected it at one go.
I loved these cakes, when I can prove it to bake, they are delicious. Congratulations.
Yes, 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..
My 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
Luv it….Need these recipes with sugar-free. Please help.
These 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..
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!
Looks very tempting…yummy that I am eager to taste one 🙂
I haven't tried these recipes with sugar-free. You mean dessert recipes for diabetic people right? Sorry, not sure of quantities 🙁
Arch, 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 🙂