Savoury Pastel De Nata from Living North Show York

Here as promised is my recipe for the savoury pastel De Nata I made in York on Saturday at the Living North show

Ingredients 

320g Roll of puff pastry 

1 tsp Fresh thyme 

1 tsp Onion granules 

2 White onions 

1 tsp Salt 

1 tsp Olive oil 

4 Egg yolks 

200ml Milk 

125ml Double cream 

1 tsp Plain flour 

1 tsp Corn flour 

Black pepper for seasoning 

125g Le Gruyere cheese 

Here’s how 

Un roll the puff pastry and scatter the fresh thyme and onion granules over the pastry. 

Tightly roll the pastry back up and place in the fridge to chill for 10 minutes. 

Meanwhile, slice the onions as thinly as possible and place in a frying pan with the oil and salt. 

Cook on a medium heat and stir to make sure the onions don’t catch, they just soften and a caramelized to a nice rich golden brown color as that is where the flavour is that you want to contain with the cheese. 

Place the egg yolks, milk, cream and both flours into a mixing bowl and whisk together. 

Season with a little black pepper and set to one side while you roll out the pastry. 

Remove the puff pastry from the fridge and cut into 20 equal portions. 

Roll each portion of pastry out into circles and line your foil cases, I have used 7cm foil pie cases as I feel there are the perfect size and ratio of filling to pastry. 

Trim the edges of the pastry if needed before adding a portion of the caramelized onions first, about a teaspoon of onions should be enough for each tart. 

Now time for the delicious Le Gruyere cheese, I have chosen this cheese as it pairs up perfectly with the sweetness of the caramelized onions as it has a natural creamy sweetness to the cheese as well as a slight nutty ness. 

Use a fine grated and a grate the cheese straight over the top of the onions and into the pastry case, don’t worry about getting it perfectly into the pastry case as a few gratings around the edges make it even tastier. 

Once the cheese is in transfer the egg mixture into a jug and pour into the pastry cases to fill them up. 

Bake in a pre heated oven 170c FAN for 20 minutes.