Medium
Cape Verdean
Queijadas de Leite
Cape Verdean milk tarts - sweet custard pastries.
55
Total Minutes
12
Servings
Vegetarian
Cooking Times
25 min
Prep Time
30 min
Cook Time
55 min
Total Time
Ingredients (7 items)
1.00 sheet
Puff pastry
2.00 cups
Milk
0.75 cup
Sugar
4.00
Egg yolks
2.00 tbsp
Cornstarch
1.00 tsp
Vanilla
1.00 tsp
Cinnamon
for dusting
Instructions (8 steps)
1
Preheat oven to 400°F.
2
Cut pastry into circles and line muffin tins.
3
Heat milk with half the sugar until simmering.
5 minutes
4
Whisk egg yolks with remaining sugar and cornstarch.
5
Gradually add hot milk, whisking constantly.
6
Add vanilla and fill pastry shells.
7
Bake 20-25 minutes until golden, dust with cinnamon.
25 minutes
8
Cool before removing from tins.