Pasteis de Nata - Portuguese Custard Tarts

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• Easy

• Serves: 12
• Yield: 12 tarts
• Ready in: 40 mins (20 mins Prep - 20 mins Cook)

Ingredients

• 1 (500g) packet puff pastry
• 225ml (8 fl oz) milk
• 3 tablespoons cornflour
• 200g (7 oz) caster sugar
• 1/2 vanilla bean
• 6 egg yolks

Preparation method

1.   Preheat oven to 190 C / Gas mark 5. Lightly grease a 12-cup muffin tin and line bottom and sides of cups with puff pastry.
2.   In a saucepan, combine milk, cornflour, sugar and vanilla. Cook, stirring constantly, until mixture thickens. Place egg yolks in a medium bowl. Slowly whisk 1/2 of the hot milk mixture into egg yolks. Gradually add egg yolk mixture back to remaining milk mixture, whisking constantly. Cook, stirring constantly, for 5 minutes, or until thickened. Remove vanilla bean.
3.   Fill pastry-lined muffin tin with mixture and bake in preheated oven for 20 minutes, or until pastry is golden brown and filling is lightly browned on top