Pastel de Nata {Portuguese Custard Tart} #SundaySupper

Have you ever tried a Pastel de Nata {Portuguese Custard Tart} ?  If you are Portuguese, you can’t imagine your life without one.  If you are not, you must try one immediately. I am not kidding, it is one of those delicacies that you must experience at least once.  This Portuguese dessert is to the Portuguese what Pumpkin Pie is to American’s.  It is an awesome Sunday Supper dessert.

Here is the original recipe for Pasteis de Nata that I posted a while back.  We love making the original version of this traditional Portuguese recipe.  When we received a beautiful new pie dish in candy apple red from Chantal Cookware, Reis and I decided we wanted to make a Portuguese Custard Pie.   Reis had so much fun playing around with the recipe until he added his own touches.   His Pastel de Nata Pie is not exactly like the original Portuguese dessert, but it is pretty darn close. Although we used puff pastry in our original recipe,  the phyllo dough added a really nice crispy texture that was a wonderful compliment to the soft custard.  Honestly, it was pretty amazing.

We baked one for our family and one to share with a friend who was recently diagnosed with Breast Cancer.  Watching my friend and her family  during this difficult time has made me realize the importance of breast cancer screening and awareness.  I am honored to say that The Sunday Supper Team has partnered with Chantal Cookware for this special Sunday Supper, #BakeForACure event.  We are simply encouraging everyone to bake a favorite dish for someone who has been affected by this disease or  for a medical professional who makes a difference in the lives of cancer patients.

Many times, we don’t know what to do when a friend is diagnosed with cancer.   Baking is the perfect way to bring sunshine during a cloudy season.  Those small gestures are the ones that are most remembered.

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Pastel de Nata {Portuguese Custard Tart} #SundaySupper

 

Author: www.familyfoodie.com

Recipe type: Sunday Supper

Cuisine: Portuguese Dessert

Prep time:  15 mins

Cook time:  40 mins

Total time:  55 mins

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You haven’t lived until you try a Pastel de Nata {Portuguese Custard Tart} It is that good.

Ingredients

• 6 sheets of phyllo dough
• ¼ cup melted butter
• 1 tablespoon cornstarch
• 1½ cups heavy cream
• 1 cup granulated sugar
• 6 egg yolks
• ¼ teaspoon cinnamon

Instructions

1. Brush each layer of Phyllo Dough with Butter and place in a pie dish
2. Bake in a preheated 350 degree oven for 20 minutes or until the top is lightly brown
3. Tuck in Phyllo Dough around the outside of the dish
4. Combine the cornstarch, heavy cream, granulated sugard and egg yolks with a mixer until well blended and flully
5. Pour mixture into the baked phyllo dough crust
6. Sprinkle cinnamon on top
7. Bake at 350 degrees for 40 minutes or until the the custard is firm.
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Kid Ratings: Alexandra 9, Ronnie 9, Reis 10, Riley 10

These #SundaySupper Contributors, were given a beautiful Easy As Pie Dish by Chantal Cookware.  They have created these beautiful recipes to brighten someone’s day.  The Sunday Supper team was in agreement, we loved the Easy As Pie Dish! The patented design simplifies the art of baking the perfect pie. Designed for ease, the interior ridges conveniently hold the dough in place and provide an even, uniform mold for the outer crust.  A raised rim on the outside of the dish allows for precise trimming of excess dough. 9″ interior Diameter. And the best part, it is microwave, Oven, Freezer and Dishwasher safe.

Check out these gorgeous Sunday Supper Recipes:

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Do you want to get your own Easy as Pie Dish?  Chantal is offering  will be 20% OFF of ALL Chantal Pie dishes on www.chantal.com. BAKE4CURE must be entered at checkout to receive the pie dish discount. The coupon discount code is active October 16, 2012 through October 30, 2012.

The Sunday Supper Team and Chantal Cookware, would be honored to have you join us for this special #BakeForACure event Around the Family Table this week.

Join us on Twitter throughout the day during #SundaySupper.  We’ll be meeting up at 7:00 pm(Eastern) for our weekly #SundaySupper  live chat.

All you have to do is follow the #SundaySupper hashtag or you can follow us through TweetChat.

We’d also love to feature your easy go to recipes on our #SundaySupper Pinterest board and share them with all of our followers, too.

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