Pasteis De Nata Or Baked Custard Cups

Total Time: 40 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• 2 cups half-and-half cream (10% m.f.)
• 8 egg yolks
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 2 tablespoons flour
• 1 cup sugar
• 397 g of tenderflake pastry dough (located in the freezer section in your local grocery store.)

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350°f.
• 2 **24 hours before you make the pasteis de nata, remove tenderflake puff pastry from the freezer and let unthaw at room temperature.
• 3 place all filling ingredients in a saucepan and whisk together until it is somewhat frothy in appearance. the temperature of the stove should be at medium heat. stir constantly.
• 4 bring liquid mixture to a slow boil. remove from heat when the mixture has thickened.
• 5 let mixture cool completely before pouring into the tart shells.
• 6 the tenderflake puff pastry block will come in two blocks. (cut each block into 12 if using large cups and 24 if using mini cups).
• 7 dust knife with flour as needed when cutting to prevent sticking.
• 8 roll each piece of dough in the palm of your hand, like you would a meatball. then flatten out by pressing your palms together.
• 9 dust fingers with flour before working each piece in a rotating circular motion to expand to size. spray muffin tin with non stick spray even if they are non stick !
• 10 place dough in muffin tin and work in so that the dough is even with the top edge.
• 11 fill each tin which is lined with dough with the filling so that filling is almost to the top.
• 12 for large cups bake for 35-45 minutes and for mini cups bake for 20-28 minutes. until golden in colour or desired colour has been achieved (some prefer to have them a dark carmel color on top). i use a convection oven so adjust your heat and length of baking time accordingly.
• 13 ***when you remove the cups from the oven you will notice the filling to be quite puffed up but they will deflate once they start to cool.
• 14 let baked cups cool completely then refrigerate in an airtight container.
• 15 these tasty morsels never last long enough to freeze so i am not sure if they keep well frozen.