{"id":1896,"slug":"lemon-custard-pastry-cups-pastel-de-nada","title":"Lemon Custard Pastry Cups (Pastel de Nada)","description":null,"ingredients_raw":["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"],"ingredients_norm":["frozen puff pastry","cream","all purpose flour","egg yolk","white granulated sugar","lemon zest","icing sugar"],"steps":["Preheat oven to 425°F (220°C).","Roll half the dough out to 14×10-inch rectangle. Use a 4 ½-inch round cookie cutter to out circles.","Press the dough circles into 12 muffin cups. Line each with foil, then fill with pie weights. Freeze about 15 minutes.","Bake pastry shells in bottom third of oven for 10 minutes. Remove foil and weights; let cool for 10 minutes.","Meanwhile, 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.","Strain pudding into bowl; let cool for 5 minutes.","Pour pudding into shells. Broil 6 inches from the heat source for 3 minutes. Let cool on rack for 15 minutes","Remove pastries from pan, and refrigerate for about 4 hours.","Sprinkle with icing sugar and serve."],"categories":["Recipes for dessert","Recipes for pastries","Recipes using lemon zest","Recipes for custard","Broiled recipes","Recipes using egg yolk","Recipes using granulated sugar","Recipes using cream","Recipes using puff pastry","Recipes using all-purpose flour"],"prep_time_minutes":null,"cook_time_minutes":null,"total_time_minutes":null,"servings":null,"yield_text":"12 pastries","difficulty":"medium","source_name":"wikibooks","source_url":"https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Cookbook:Lemon_Custard_Pastry_Cups_(Pastel_de_Nada)","source_ref":"4587324","authors_url":"https://en.wikibooks.org/w/index.php?title=Cookbook:Lemon_Custard_Pastry_Cups_(Pastel_de_Nada)&action=history","license":"CC BY-SA 4.0","license_url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/","extraction_confidence":null,"content_hash":"8de589e035af51a4a73930d7c34d354b1e748188bb5b08be50317f34d05824ad","created_at":"2026-08-02T14:43:07Z","updated_at":"2026-08-02T17:11:31Z","notice":null,"url":"https://recipecontextprotocol.com/recipes/lemon-custard-pastry-cups-pastel-de-nada"}