in Dessert Recipes, Portugal

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Ingredients for 9 servings:

  • 1 pack of puff pastry (approx. 40 x 25 cm)
  • 270 ml milk
  • 1 vanilla pod(s), pulp
  • 180 g sugar
  • 2 tbsp cornstarch
  • 6 egg yolks
  • Fat for the mold

Instructions

Working time approx. 20 minutes; Cooking/baking time approx. 25 minutes; Total time approx. 45 minutes

Vanilla tarts from Portugal

Cut the puff pastry into 9 rectangles (approx. 8 x 13 cm) and press into 9 holes in a greased muffin tin. Bring the milk, vanilla seeds, and sugar to a boil. Mix the cornstarch with 2 tablespoons of water and stir into the boiling vanilla milk. Bring back to a boil and remove from the heat. Whisk the egg yolks, then stir in the vanilla milk. Pour the vanilla cream into the puff pastry holes while still hot and bake in the oven at 180°C for approx. 20-25 minutes. Let cool completely before removing from the muffin tin.

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Written by John Myers

Professional Chef with 29 years of industry experience at the highest levels. Restaurant owner. Beverage Director with experience creating world-class nationally recognized cocktail programs. Food writer with a distinctive Chef-driven voice and point of view.

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