Comments on: Pasteis de Nata or Can I be a Cupcake, please? (IMBB no.13)

By: mariana

mariana — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 10:14:14 +0000

i´m from portugal and these are my all time favourite cakes!!!!!!!!!!! but they don´t really look like your picture of them! they have black spots on tje top they're more shaped (not so muck like a little cake but more like a cupcake) and in the out side they're made of puff pastry. you see....it's more like if there was an hard cup and inside of it a soft cream with a toasted top. children love to eat only the cream ith a spoon!

By: Portuguese Wine and Fado: Music for the Soul

Portuguese Wine and Fado: Music for the Soul — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 08:34:04 +0000

[...] have a calming effect on the body. It is no surprise that the most famous food of Portugal is the Pasteis de Belem, the small, sweet, creamy custard tart sold daily in their thousands from the most famous pastry [...]

By: Heidi

Heidi — Sun, 28 Sep 2008 12:36:45 +0000

Thanks for the great recipe: these turned out SOOOO GOOOD! I made two batches: the pasteis of the first one turned out all wobbly - cause I hadn't listened and neither stretched the dough right up to the top of the muffin mold nor had I stopped at filling only 2/3 with the cream; the second batch, however, looks absolutely perfect and brings back fond memories of me turning 30 in Lisbon. Thanks for the great recipe - I'll sure make more of those!

By: Carla

Carla — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 19:44:00 +0000

Oh! die liebe ich auch! (obwohl ich nie in Lissabon war!) allerdings frage ich mich wie das Rezept bei dir funktioniert, bei meiner Version muss man die blätterteig mulden mit dem Pudding drin 1 std. kalt stellen, sonst bildet es beim Backen eine Blase die aufplatzt und dass ganze törtchen sieht aus wie ein Vulkan!

By: violet dagdigian

violet dagdigian — Sat, 09 Aug 2008 22:13:39 +0000

I appreciate your receipe but the receipe asks for 1/2 liter of milk, 250g sugar, 30g starch. What is this in cups or ounces, plus what is starch, is it corn starch, flour or ? Please advise, I would love to make the receipe as I just returned from Portugal and loved them also. Thanks EDIT Nicky: Hi Violet, You can find help here and here :)

By: C.

C. — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 20:04:24 +0000

Yay, can't wait to try this recipe! Thank you.

I just came back to Finland from Lisbon three days ago and of course tried Pateis de Belem there - they tasted absolutely heavenly!