The main reason for this specialisation is Fernando’s skill and finesse as a pastry chef. Born in Seixal near Lisbon, he has ...

It might be a while before Lisbon's most famous custard tart shop is packed with customers again. Pasteis de Belem has been baking the creamy, hand-made pastries since the 19th century, lately ...

Last week, however, with those Portuguese custard tarts on my mind, I headed to Natas Pastries, which Fatima Marques opened nearly 20 years ago in Sherman Oaks.

Popularity is growing for the tasty Portuguese custard tart, or 'pastel de nata', as it is locally known. The egg custard pastry is baked to perfection before being lightly dusted with cinnamon.

10. Preheat oven to 475 degrees. Pour the custard into the pastry cases, leaving a slight gap at the top (you will have enough custard for 2 batches). Bake for 15 to 18 minutes, until the pastry ...

Is it the pastry dough, or perhaps the egg custard that makes these tarts different from the rest? Penélope told me the way to get this caramelized look is to bake the tarts in the oven at 400 ...

To me, brown spots mean the custard was burned - but apparently, it's the way they sell them in Portugal. And as it turns out, the mottling helps. Without it, the tarts are just a little too sweet.

The bakers on the show had to make a Portuguese custard tart called pastéis de nata. The contestants were baffled, because they had never even heard of them before. I had certainly never heard of ...

On the face of it, all that remains of Sheffield Wednesday ’s Portuguese experiment is a custard tart shop in the city centre. With the sale of striker Lucas Joao to Reading on deadline day, a ...