Pastéis de Nata – Cream puffs

Pastéis de Nata Recipe

Pasteis de nata, is a Portuguese egg tart pastry, common in Portugal, the Lusosphere countries and regions.
Which include Brazil, Angola, Mozambique, Cape Verde, São Tomé and Príncipe, Guinea-Bissau, Timor-Leste, Goa, Malacca and Macau.
And countries with significant Portuguese immigrant populations, such as Canada, Australia, Luxembourg, the United States, and France, among others.

Pastéis de Nata History

Pastéis de nata were created before the 18th century by Catholic monks at the Jerónimos Monastery in the civil parish of Santa Maria de Belém, in Lisbon.
These monks were originally based in France and loved these pastries which could be found in local French bakeries.
At the time, convents and monasteries used large quantities of egg-whites for starching of clothes, such as nuns’ habits.
It was quite common for monasteries and convents to use the leftover egg yolks to make cakes and pastries, resulting in the proliferation of sweet pastry recipes throughout the country.

Following the extinction of the religious orders and in the face of the impending closing of many of the convents and monasteries in the aftermath of the Liberal Revolution of 1820. The monks started selling pastéis de nata at a nearby sugar refinery to secure some revenue.
In 1834 the monastery was closed and the recipe was sold to the sugar refinery, whose owners in 1837 opened the Fábrica de Pastéis de Belém. The descendents own the business to this day.

Since 1837, locals and visitors to Lisbon have visited the bakery to purchase fresh from the oven pastéis, sprinkled with cinnamon and powdered sugar. Their popularity normally results in long lines at the take-away counters, in addition to waiting lines for sit-down service.

Now, they can be purchased in many places all over the world, in bakeries, and sold in many hotels etc.

Pastéis de Nata Characteristics

The simple recipe has had various alterations in the Portuguese pastelarias (pastry shops) and padarias (bakeries), in the shape of the pastry cup and the filling. Some prefer the cream slightly “curdled” to give it a rustic appearance and unusual texture.

In the Azores, the pastries are referred to as queijadas de nata, rather than the title pastéis de nata used in mainland Portugal; in northern Portugal the abbreviated form nata is used in all but the most technical contexts.

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Pastéis de Nata
Pasteis de nata, is a Portuguese egg tart pastry, common in Portugal, the Lusosphere countries and regions (which include Brazil, Angola, Mozambique, Cape Verde, São Tomé and Príncipe, Guinea-Bissau, Timor-Leste, Goa, Malacca and Macau, introducing them later in Mainland China), and countries with significant Portuguese immigrant populations, such as Canada, Australia, Luxembourg, the United States, and France, among others.
Pastéis de Nata Recipe
Course Dessert
Cuisine Portuguese
Prep Time 30 minutes
Servings
people
Course Dessert
Cuisine Portuguese
Prep Time 30 minutes
Servings
people
Pastéis de Nata Recipe
Instructions
  1. Grease forms with Alpro soya cream Cooking and Baking and line it with the pastry.
  2. In a pan, boil Alpro Original Soy drink with sugar, zest of orange and lemon zest and cinnamon sticks. Allow to cool.
  3. Add the egg yolks and flour to the previous mixture, stirring constantly so as not to whittle, and allow to thicken a little.
  4. Place the cream in the form and bake at 200 ° C for about 15 minutes.
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