- Glossary
- Pastel de nata - Portuguese custard tart
Pastel de nata - Portuguese custard tart
Pastel de nata is the most famous Portuguese dessert. Small tarts of crispy puff pastry are filled with a custard of egg yolks, sugar and cream.
They are baked at a very high temperature (around 300 °C) for crispy pastry and dark spots on the custard. The most famous come from Lisbon's Pastéis de Belém bakery. They are dusted with cinnamon and sugar.
- Pastel de nata is the most famous Portuguese dessert, popular worldwide.
- They are baked at a very high temperature of around 300 °C for crispy pastry.
- The most famous bakery Pastéis de Belém in Lisbon uses a secret monastery recipe.
- They are traditionally dusted with cinnamon and icing sugar before serving.
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