50/50 Week 3: Pastel de Nata

What a week….

This recipe was challenging to say the least. This is the recipe I followed:

https://leitesculinaria.com/7759/recipes-pasteis-de-nata.html

A few pointers….don’t re-roll your dough. You’ll end up with something hard to roll out and ultimately will ruin your pastry. Learn from my dumbass mistakes, children. .

The custard went off without a hitch. Delicious. 10/10

Since these tarts are typically cooked in an 800F oven and home ovens usually don’t go much passed 500F its a little bit dicey. I tried a combo of the 500F oven and the broiler. *Spoilers* the fire alarm was set off 3 times and I have to clean my oven due to some butter spillage.

Definitely the most challenging thing I’ve made yet and I’m sad to say it defeated me a little. I will definitely try these again though because the custard was very good.

If you’d like to watch the shitshow, watch below 🙂

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