Comments on: portuguese egg tarts – pastéis de nata

By: RFD

RFD — Sat, 23 May 2009 23:36:17 +0000

Guess you have no ideia what a Pastel de Natal looks like.

The pastry is the hardest part, to make it right you have to fold it 6 times then repeat the process 4 times. This 6 folds follow the same pattern.

And you’ve got to work out the cream.

Search for “Pastel de Nata” and you’ll find more recipies.

But for the real thing, get a plain to Portugal and you can eat a real one everywhere. And you always have the originals…at Belém (Lisbon).

Cheers!

By: petebakes

petebakes — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 18:49:42 +0000

@pedro – thanks for the clarification! you’ll have to forgive my ignorance as i was just pretty focused on eating these non-stop.

By: Pedro Couto e Santos

Pedro Couto e Santos — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 14:26:04 +0000

Pastéis de Nata actually means Cream Tarts and not Egg Tarts.

Yours look nice, by the way

By: BTO

BTO — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 01:21:20 +0000

They also make these at Chinese bakeries often too. But they’re not quite the same…

By: Ashley

Ashley — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 13:44:48 +0000

Ooo those look so good! I’ve never tried Portugese egg tarts.

By: Clumbsycookie

Clumbsycookie — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 16:36:02 +0000

I’m portuguese and I’m allways happy to see people that enjoy our tarts! Well done on making them!

By: Y

Tue, 01 Jul 2008 09:00:25 +0000

I love this kind of tart. Can’t believe that I’ve never bothered to make them at home!

By: Lily

Lily — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 19:07:54 +0000

These look lovely! Pastéis de belém are absolutely gorgeous. Everytime I go to Lisbon I prepared to deal with the huge queque just to buy a couple to eat in the park