While we continue to wait for the world to open, Wanderlust Travel would like to inspire the search of memorable food experiences with recipes from different areas of the world.
Travel experiences can stay with you for years through journaling, pictures, souvenirs, or memories you cherish. You might reflect on the accommodations you stayed in, sights you saw, the people you met or the food you ate.
When dining during your travels, trying the local specialties may open your eyes to different types of food you learn to love.
This week let’s travel to Portugal, a southern European country known for the pastry, Pastel de Natas.
Pastel de Natas are essentially egg custard tarts. The thick outer layer is a rich buttery puff pastry that holds a dollop of smooth, creamy egg custard. The top of the custard is caramelized, which gives the tart its spotted look, then dusted with cinnamon and icing sugar and served warm.
Easy Recipe Pastel de Natas
INGREDIENT FOR TEN PERSONS:
Aluminum muffin pans (not silicon)
Three sheets of puff pastry (you can buy it in the supermarket)
Margarine to spread the forms
2/3 cup butter without salt
Ingredients for cream:
2 1/4 cups milk
One lemon peel
One cinnamon stick
½ cup cake flour
2 ¼ cups sugar
1 cup water
Seven egg yolks
INSTRUCTIONS:
Preheat the oven to 475 degrees.
In a pan, boil the milk with a cinnamon stick and lemon peel.
In a mixing bowl (with a mixer), mix the eggs and flour.
Add it into the pan with the previous mixture, always mixing, and heat very slowly.
In another pan, boil the water and sugar for 3 minutes. After boiling and always mixing, gently put everything in the first pan and allow it to stand.
Meanwhile, smear the muffin cups with margarine.
Extend the puff pastry and butter with a kitchen roll and wrap up the most power in the cylinder. Tip: If you add more butter, the pastry will be brittle and crisp. That is optional. You can add 1/2 a cup per sheet of puff pastry.
Curl the puff pastry again. Cut into 3 cm pieces and place them in the form using your thumb finger (circular movements). Press thumb into the center of the swirl.
Fill each cup 3/4 of the way with custard.
Bake for 15-20 minutes until the pastry is browned and bubbly, and the tops start to blister and caramelize.
Cool tarts briefly and serve warm with cinnamon powder and powdered sugar.
The tarts will keep in an airtight box for up to 2 days. If they soften, crisp them up in a medium oven for 5 minutes.
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Portugal has it all: historic cities, world-renowned cuisine, natural landscapes, great golf, and some of the world’s most spectacular beaches. It’s not only easy to get to Lisbon from many eastern U.S. cities, but we can also plan trips to just Portugal or combine with an area of Spain for multi-country travel.
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Stay tuned for our next recipe from Ireland…
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