Pastel de Nata or Pastel de Belém (or in English custard tarts, Portuguese
egg tarts, and a few other translations) is the most famous of the
Portuguese desserts. However, you may be wondering if it isn’t the same
thing… Sometimes you read pastel de nata, other Pastel de Belem… what’s
the difference?
The first recipe of the Pastel de Belém was created
in 1837 by the monks of the emblematic Jerónimos Monastery. To date, the
recipe is kept secret and therefore becomes a true specialty! Thus, only
at the Fábrica Pastéis de Belém, the family pastry with more than 100
years where they are made, you will find the original Pastéis de Belém.
Only there these little custard tarts can be called that since its name
was even patented!
Coded by Ana Karina Ornelas