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
- Yield:
- 12 pastries
Instructions
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1Preheat oven to 425°F (220°C).
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2Roll half the dough out to 14×10-inch rectangle. Use a 4 ½-inch round cookie cutter to out circles.
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3Press the dough circles into 12 muffin cups. Line each with foil, then fill with pie weights. Freeze about 15 minutes.
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4Bake pastry shells in bottom third of oven for 10 minutes. Remove foil and weights; let cool for 10 minutes.
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5Meanwhile, 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.
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6Strain pudding into bowl; let cool for 5 minutes.
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7Pour pudding into shells. Broil 6 inches from the heat source for 3 minutes. Let cool on rack for 15 minutes
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8Remove pastries from pan, and refrigerate for about 4 hours.
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9Sprinkle with icing sugar and serve.
- Category
- Desserts
- Method
- Broiling
Recipe Attribution
Wikibooks Cookbook
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Printed on October 30, 2026