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Lemon Custard Pastry Cups (Pastel de Nada)

Lemon Custard Pastry Cups (Pastel de Nada) — a recipe imported from the Wikibooks Cookbook.

Yield 12 pastries

Ingredients

  • 400 grams frozen puff pastry, thawed
  • 2 cups cream
  • ¼ cup all-purpose flour
  • 6 egg yolks
  • 1 cup white granulated sugar
  • 2 tsp lemon zest
  • 1 tbsp icing sugar

Instructions

  1. 1
    Preheat oven to 425°F (220°C).
  2. 2
    Roll half the dough out to 14×10-inch rectangle. Use a 4 ½-inch round cookie cutter to out circles.
  3. 3
    Press the dough circles into 12 muffin cups. Line each with foil, then fill with pie weights. Freeze about 15 minutes.
  4. 4
    Bake pastry shells in bottom third of oven for 10 minutes. Remove foil and weights; let cool for 10 minutes.
  5. 5
    Meanwhile, in microwaveable bowl, whisk together cream, flour, egg yolks, sugar, and lemon zest. Microwave at medium for about 8 minutes, or until it reaches the consistency of pudding, whisking every minute or so.
  6. 6
    Strain pudding into bowl; let cool for 5 minutes.
  7. 7
    Pour pudding into shells. Broil 6 inches from the heat source for 3 minutes. Let cool on rack for 15 minutes
  8. 8
    Remove pastries from pan, and refrigerate for about 4 hours.
  9. 9
    Sprinkle with icing sugar and serve.
Category
Desserts
Method
Broiling