Pasteis de nata, little portuguese egg tarts

Ingredients

• 1 puff pastry sheet
• 1 cup milk
• 1 lemon peel
• 1/4 cup flour
• 3/4 cup sugar
• 1/3 cup water
• 4 egg yolks

Materials

• 12 pasteis de nata molds

Preparation

• Roll the puff pastry and slice it in 12 pieces.
• Grease your molds, and put a piece of pastry in each of them (as shown in the video). Press on it with your fingers to spread the dough in the mold.
  
• Put 2/3 cup of milk to heat with the lemon peel. Mix the flour with the milk that is left (1/3 cup). Once the milk starts to boil, add the milk+flour mix, and stir constantly using a whisk. The mix should thicken in a few minutes.
• Pour this batter in a strainer to take the lemon peel and the clots out. Put the water and the sugar to heat in a pot.
  
• Once it starts to boil, leave it for 4 minutes. Then, pour in a thin stream on the milk cream, while stirring. Leave to cool down for a few minutes.
• Finally add the egg yolks and stir well. Pour this batter into each mold, without reaching the rim.
  
• Bake 15 minutes at 450°F (230°C)
• There you are, your Pasteis de Nata are ready! You can sprinkle them with cinnamon!