Portuguese Custard Tarts

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recipe by Kenwood https://kenwoodworld.com/

  • Time icon
    Total Time
    40mins
  • Serves icon
    Serves
    12
  • Calories icon
    Calories
    237
based on 45 ratings

Traditional Portuguese custard tarts, these would make a lovely afternoon treat for Mother's Day. For this recipe, we have used pre-rolled puff pastry. Alternatively, you can make your own puff pastry, you will just need to roll it out very thinly.

recipe updated Jan 9, 2023

Ingredients

  • Puff pastry icon
    Puff pastry
    320 g
  • Milk icon
    Milk
    500 ml
  • Cornflour icon
    Cornflour
    10 g
  • Cinnamon stick icon
    Cinnamon stick
    2
  • Egg yolk icon
    Egg yolk
    6
  • Caster sugar icon
    Caster sugar
    80 g

Tools

  • kCook icon Oven
  • kCook icon Pastry brush
  • kCook icon kCook Multi
  • kCook icon Jug
  • kCook icon Lightly floured surface
  • kCook icon Kcook bowl
  • kCook icon Jug
  • kCook icon Cupcake pan - 12 cup

Step preview

  1. Grease a clean cupcake pan then set aside
  2. Add puff pastry to a clean lightly floured surface
  3. Roll into a log
  4. Cut into pieces
  5. Transfer dough to cupcake pan
  6. Press firmly until desired shape
  7. Repeat with the rest
  8. Chill in fridge and continue
  9. Add milk and cornflour to a clean jug
  10. Mix with tablespoon until combined
  11. Add cinnamon stick to the milk mixture
  12. Set aside and continue
  13. Pre-heat oven - 240°C
  14. Fit stir tool to kCook bowl
  15. Add egg yolk and caster sugar to the kCook bowl
  16. Fit kCook bowl to kCook Multi
  17. Attach lid to kCook bowl
  18. Mix with filler cap removed - 2 min 30 sec, speed 6
  19. Pour milk mixture into kCook bowl carefully
  20. Heat with filler cap removed - 7 min, 85°C, speed 4
  21. Strain content of kCook bowl into jug slowly
  22. Pour custard into cupcake pan evenly
  23. Bake until golden brown - 15 min, 240°C
  24. Let cool - approx 5 min
  25. Serve
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