How to Make Pastéis de Nata AKA Portuguese Custard Tarts | Cupcake Jemma

I love pastéis de nata!

Hi, regarding the pastry- instead of buttering the pastry as you have done would it be possible to finely grate the butter into the flour before adding the water and then following the other steps. I make ‘rough puff’ using the grating method. Thanks for all your recipes Jemma - keep em coming..

Ok...I'll be trying this for my daughters Girl Guides meeting this week. Will let you know how it goes. The recipes from Jemma have always gone well. ☺

I just made these and they where a blast! Thx so much for the recipe <3

Jemma, wonderful!
I feel there is too much sugar though. How much could one reduce the amount of sugar in this recipe? Thanks.

Hi Jemma, what quantity of milk did yoou bring almost to the boil please?

Please correct your written recipe to include egg yolks! Thanks

You missed the eggs in the description 😊

Ohyummm
They look so so good...wish i had some right this very minute
Must bake
Thank you for sharing
Hello from South Africa xxx

The water is it warm water you put for the pastry

Could one just use store bought puff pastry too?

My go-to video when making pasteis de nata. But because I am a lazy person, I always use the puff pastry from the store and make the custard as in Jemma's recipe. Such a good dessert for garden parties, picnics, etc. Each person gets their individual cake.. or two 😅

Jemma ... just back from Portugal about 2 weeks ago. I watched this video before going and decided I wanted to try them for the very first time IN Portugal so I knew what they were supposed to taste like. Let's just say I had a lot of practice tasting them in Portugal. 😁 So then I got home and started considering your recipe. I looked at and measured the cupcake tins I had and they just were not the right size. So I ordered some of the small tins they use in Portugal to make mine. It really does help in the forming of the tart crusts to have a small separate tin you can hold. Still, I watched one of the bakers do it in about 4 seconds in Lisbon and there's no way I'll be that fast. But practice does help ... my 12th one was better than my first one. Anyway your recipe is spot on! Making the puff pastry is "fiddly" to me but not really hard. My tarts came out amazing with a flavor profile just as I remember from Portugal. Thank you for a great recipe that will allow me to reminisce about my great Portugal trip anytime I want. 😊

More like a cinnamon 'log' than stick 😅

I don’t want to come off as rude but you pronounced it wrong

Thank you for your recipe! I love it! It has always been my go-to recipe for years! But can you update the eggs into the video's description for the custard as well? I think you missed it.

You are absolutely delightful and this video, which I discovered by reading the printed version by David Leite, who sings your praises. As a chocolatier married to a bread baker I really appreciated that you gave quantities in weights and volumes, which specifies the exact amount needed. It drives me crazy when a recipe says to use a medium onion. WTF is a medium onion? Specify a weight please or volume, which is not as good but better than saying "medium onion". Having taken pastry classes, the only thing that I would recommend is to place the dough in the refrigerator between steps, i.e., after the dough is made put it in the fridge. After each butter application put it back in the fridge. This will help with rolling it out and discourage sticking, and worse, ruining the distinct layered effect. It will also keep the added flour additions to a minimum. Finally, I have a larger KitchenAid mixer than you. Leite's recipe says that the dough will come together in 30 seconds. Not in my mixer, which has a much bigger bowl. I needed to use the paddle, not the dough hook to get the dough to come together in a short period of time and it worked like a charm. We ate these in Belem a bit over a year ago and these are pretty damned close. Thank you for your video and please keep them coming!

this is so freaking complicated 😂

Are the dimensions in inches or centimeters? I’m from USA and it seems we are the only ones using inches but on the video based on the dimensions you were stating, it looked like inches.

Heyy I tried your recipe and it worked out perfectly! 👌🏼😋

Can i use a puff pastry dough ? Will it be a good substitute for the dough ?

I tasted this padtry in Lisbon las Dec u can see this in every streets with coffee shop and bakeries and went all the way to the Pasteis de belem bakery who make this famous pastry 😋

holy friggin crap these look so good, god dammit now i have to make them this weekend 😩

If you live sea level (i.e. 90% of UK) you don't need a thermometer to know water is at 100 C. If it's boiling, it is 100 C. We also offer elementary-school-level grammar lessons.

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Hi Jemma,I loved these and have just subscribed. Any gluten free recipes please? thanks

In the description of recipe are the egg yolks missing

Used this recipe to make fantastic Pasteis de Nata's. Wish there was a written recipe. Note there is a list of ingredients but it's missing the egg yolks. Thanks Jemma.

You have the best explanation and recipe out of all videos out there, I lost your video and searched for 30 min to find you again. With all the the videos out there, yours is the most authentic! You make it from scratch! All others use store bought low quality puff pastry. You are the best!

This recipe is not worthy of time, terrible involved and time consuming 😢

you forgot to put the amount of eggs under the ingredient list

Wanted to make this recipe for weeks and only just realised my oven only goes to 250c 😢

Can someone Portuguese help me out?
I dated a Portuguese girl for years, and her family called them, and I'm not sure the correct spelling so forgive me as I sound it out...
Key ghadish natas

I'm positive that's spelled wrong, but does anyone know what I'm talking about, cuz Google doesn't 😂. And if so what's the correct spelling & meaning? I know natas means cream, I'm assuming pasteis is pastry but I'm really curious what those other words meant now as I see no mention of them online 😂 we used to even refer to them as just "key-ghadish"

Very clear recipe. Thank you. Worked perfectly

Amazing 🎉

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Right so I'll just go and buy some 😢

My mates sister brought these over from Portugal. I tried one for the first time last night and had to look up the recipe.

I must have Natas in my life now!

How much milk is in the pan?

hi, quick question, what do I do with the rest of the extra dough??

Hello question here, you didn't explain if you put the pastries in the middle rack or top rack of the oven? Does it matter which one you choose?

Tried making these for the first time. They didn't look very nice (lol), but they were delicious. They do require a lot of time, though, which I think is worth it considering the result.

Thank you! Looks so yummy! I will definitely make some but just one question. What kind of flower do you use? All purpose or cake flower? My mother was always picky about what type of flower she used for different recipes. Also do you have a good recipe for Danish pastries? I love cherry and pineapple. Thank you so much and may God bless. ❤😊

What kind of brush are you using? Can’t find any that looks like that…

although i’m 7 years late, i would say that this recipe is excellent. i made this for my group work and this doesn’t disappoint!
note: at first i’m confused because she didn’t tell the measurement of the boiled milk, so i assumed it’s 250ml and it still turned out good <3

Honestly, these are the best. I’ve been making them for about 5 years since first seeing your demonstration, Jemma, and delighting everyone I share them with. In December I was in Lisbon and found some probably as good but definitely none better. Thanks so much for making them achievable and bringing joy to those who just love PC tarts 😄

I'm gonna try making these

Oh, wow!! I've never heard them crack like glass before. That sounded amazing. I've had good Pastéis de Nata, now it's time for a taste of greatness!! 😋

My daughter made these and they were AMAZING!! Thank you!