Traditional Portuguese tarts

These turned out really great, the little burnt spots give a little caramelisation to the top. They are very sweet though

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Step 1

1. Preheat your oven to 290°C or as hot as it can go

Step 2

2. In a bowl whisk flour and 1/4 cup of milk until smooth

Step 3

3. Bring sugar, cinnamon and water to the boil and maintain until it reaches 100°C.

Step 4

4. Remove cinnamon stick and slowly stream syrup mixture into flour and milk whilst constant whisking.

Step 5

5. Add vanilla and whisk for 1 minute or until mixture has cooled/ is not hot (so we don’t scramble our eggs)

Step 6

6. Whisk in the yolks then strain into a separate bowl. Cover with plastic wrap and set aside

Step 7

7. Roll puff pastry into a log then cut into 6 even pieces.

Step 8

8. Place pastry pieces cut-side up in a cupcake tin(there will be a swirl on top) then mould it into the tin with a wet thumb. Make sure the pastry is an even thickness.

Step 9

9. Full each tart 3/4 of the way and bake for 10-12 minutes (the tops should burn slightly and the Custard will be set)

Step 10

10. Optionally sprinkle with powdered sugar