Dan Ta (Macau/Hong Kong Egg Tart)
It's not like a pastry shop! Crispy Chinese Custard Evolved in Macau
Description
Unlike Western bakery egg tarts, the Portuguese-influenced 'Macau Style' (Po Tart) features a wildly flaky, multi-layered puff pastry shell. Filled with a rich custard of egg yolk and heavy cream, baked at high heat until the top is blistered with black caramelized spots.
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Recipe
Ingredients
- Cake flour
- Bread flour
- Unsalted butter
- Egg yolks
- Milk
- Heavy cream
- Sugar
Instructions
- [Authentic Recipe & Differences]
- (Pastry) Envelop massive butter (or lard) in wheat dough. Roll and fold repeatedly to create a 'puff pastry' with dozens of flaky layers (Hong Kong style sometimes uses a cookie-like crust).
- Press the dough into small, round tart molds.
- (Custard) Gently whisk egg yolks, milk, heavy cream, and generous sugar. Whisking too hard creates air bubbles that ruin the texture; strain it to ensure absolute silkiness.
- Pour the custard into the molds up to 80% full.
- Bake in a 200°C+ (400°F+) high-temp oven for
- mins.
- Done when the pastry puffs into shattering flakes and the sugar on the custard surface caramelizes into 'black leopard spots'.
Learn more Spice, substitutes, tips
Key spices
Intense egg richness、Charred caramel aroma
Substitutes at Japanese supermarkets
(Make using store-bought frozen puff pastry and custard)
Pairing
Black Coffee / Milk Tea
Trivia
[Trivia] A miraculous dessert born when Macau's 'Lord Stow's Bakery' modified the Portuguese Pastel de Nata for Asian tastes. It is so popular it's sold as a flagship menu item at KFCs across China.
Eating tips & etiquette
[Unique Eating] MUST be eaten piping hot right out of the oven. Bite through the shattering, crumbly pastry shell, and boiling hot, sweet, melting egg custard rushes into your mouth.
Allergen
Wheat, Eggs, Dairy