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Make Pasteis de Nata, Portuguese Egg Custard Tarts

Make Pasteis de Nata, Portuguese Egg Custard Tarts

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Chef George Mendes of Veranda in New York City makes pasteis de nata, a sweet Portuguese egg custard tart that dates back to before the 18th century. These tiny, flaky tarts are made with egg yolks and are topped with a sprinkle of cinnamon. Jake: Growing up in highly populated Portuguese area on the south-eastern coast of Massachusetts, these have always been my all-time favorite pastries! Locals here (like my father who migrated with his parents when he was 4 to America) speak a broken version of european portuguese & call these Queijada's! When my family would make these, we'd use the zest of imported lemons & fresh lemon juice straight from Portgual in the buttery flaky pastry dough. That was our secret to keep the shells crispy & tart. Thank you for this video!
Date: 2022-05-22

Comments and reviews: 6


Thank you Chef Mendes. Not personally interested in the egg custard tarts but I love your treatment of the puff pastry and using that technique to fill the tarts with the basics of a quiche. All of your little tips are appreciated. I wish more chefs were great teachers like yourself. Thank you #munchies for bringing us the best of the world.
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The colonisers in the room can correct me, but in Brazil nata is just an old-timey word for cream, not custard. Some people still use that word (especially when making biscuits, biscoito de nata, but most of us just say creme instead. And there's no word for custard in PTBR.
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Some key differences between the video and the recipe. One of these is when you add the egg yolks. The recipe calls for combining the milk and simple syrup and then cooking for a bit and THEN adding it to egg yolks. He adds the yolks much earlier in the video.
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my pastry chefs are always telling me to take the custard to the boil and let it cool, and i never got satisfactory results and was confused why, this is re assuring. i knew it wasnt right.
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I love the mention of Hong Kong/China. Reminds me of my childhood eating Hong Kong style egg tarts; so incredibly delicious. Had no idea they were brought over from Portugal!
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I looove these! There are a lot of Portuguese bakeries in my area so that s where I get them, but I ve also got to try some when I visited Spain
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