I don’t have much of a sweet tooth; desserts and other sugar-laden confectionary are far less likely to get a rise out of me as much as a savoury snack – but every so often I get a craving for something sweet. And if there’s any one sweet thing that ignites the fires in my belly, it’s custard. Yes, that beautiful blend of dairy, eggs and sugar gets my taste buds all wet.
Often used as a filling in tarts, pastries and pies, there’s to my mind no better application for custard than the Portuguese custard tart, the Pastéis de Nata. Delightfully light, fluffy pastry cups are filled with a sugared egg-yolk custard and baked, producing the most moreish little morsels.
Their origin is actually quite an interesting one. As with many Portuguese pastries, they found their origins in the clergy. Monks in Santa Maria de Belém in Lisbon used egg whites to starch and stiffen their clothing and linen – leaving them with large quantities of unused yolks. These yolks ended up being used in the myriad pastries and confectionaries we get from Portugal.
Though you can find Pastéis de Nata anywhere that significant numbers of Portuguese folk gather, the very best to my mind can be got from a bakery in Queen Street in Johannesburg’s Kensington; Pastelaria Princesa. If you do go, make sure to try out their Prego rolls; the rolls themselves smothered in a garlic butter that marries beautifully with their marinated prego steaks. I also heartily recommend their Jesuita pastries (also, as their name implies, finding their roots in religion); another delectable custard pastry.
Just make sure you leave with at least a half dozen of the Pastéis de Nata. You will want more.
Here’s the news we didn’t post because we were f*%king dis-custard.
In Other News:
News
Titanfall’s pilot-only mode goes live today
Beyond: Two Souls PS4 trophies emerge, director’s cut reported
Majority of Dark Souls 2 messages are helpful apparently
Theatrhythm Final Fantasy Curtain Call demo waiting in the wings
In Japan, PS Plus members get access to 250 PSP games this year
Tekken team reveals Project Morpheus game, Summer Lesson
Mighty No 9 playable beta launches today
Atari reveals Haunted House Cryptic Graves
Stuff
Over 600 game creators call for an end to hateful and harassing speech
Playing Moby Dick: The Card Game
Cosplaying as the witch of the wilds
Videos
Mighty No 9 – Gameplay trailer
Sonic Boom – Shattered Crystal trailer
Let It Die – TGS trailer
What’s on at The Movies
Bryan Fuller talks more about American Gods
Dammit Chloe! 24 may be getting a movie after all
You should be watching – Vikings
The JJ Abrams Superman movie was nuts
Meet the new flock on the block in this trailer for Shaun The Sheep
Michael Bay revs up some Cosmic Motors
When you look at this trailer and posters for Horns, you see a devil
Last Updated: September 2, 2014
WarframedSquirrel
September 2, 2014 at 16:02
Oh man I love those custard things in the header… I just can’t find any decent ones in my area though 🙁
Unavengedavo
September 2, 2014 at 17:00
Are they the same as these cream filled éclairs?
http://youtu.be/R9UqEU1C4fA
Anonymous
September 2, 2014 at 17:02
They rather use the “egg white” to “starch” their clothing.
Mossel
September 2, 2014 at 16:06
All these images made me super wet…in and around my mouth.
Admiral Chief Assassin
September 2, 2014 at 16:06
O_O
Mossel
September 2, 2014 at 16:08
Don’t act like you didn’t lick your lips!
Admiral Chief Assassin
September 2, 2014 at 16:17
I didn’t tbh
Hammersteyn
September 2, 2014 at 16:20
I feel a stirring… in the depths of my empty stomach!
Sith JJ
September 2, 2014 at 16:40
Same thing happens to me every time I visit a wine farm. I think reasons differ though.
Admiral Chief Assassin
September 2, 2014 at 16:06
Martha and Sandy must be proud!
hairyknees
September 2, 2014 at 16:48
Who do you think rustled up these images? I ate them all… FOR SCIENCE!
Alien Emperor Trevor
September 2, 2014 at 16:07
Great. Just what I needed to see before heading off to klap it. Bastard 😛
Rinceable
September 2, 2014 at 16:13
I am more concerned why Geoff has a thing for diaries…
Alien Emperor Trevor
September 2, 2014 at 16:21
I’m assuming it’s because he’s such a Vampire Diaries fangirl.
Rinceable
September 2, 2014 at 16:21
Pot…
Alien Emperor Trevor
September 2, 2014 at 16:23
SHUT YOUR CUSTARD PIEHOLE!
Rinceable
September 2, 2014 at 16:25
BWAHAHAHAHHA
Mossel
September 2, 2014 at 16:09
Tasty Tuesday just made me realize something…IT’S ONLY FUCKING TUESDAY!!!
Admiral Chief Assassin
September 2, 2014 at 16:17
Indeed, nothing cocks up your Friday worse than realising it is ONLY TUESDAY!!!
Hammersteyn
September 2, 2014 at 16:20
Yeah, they should move it to Thursday. Boobs makes me feel a lot better than food does.
Rinceable
September 2, 2014 at 16:25
Tell me about it!
Sith JJ
September 2, 2014 at 16:41
Pure evil
Rinceable
September 2, 2014 at 16:12
He eats diaries?! The monster!
Hammersteyn
September 2, 2014 at 16:23
That Project Morpheus game Summer Lesson….. where’s @umarbastra:disqus ?
BacchusZA
September 2, 2014 at 17:07
“Summer Lesson puts players in the bedroom of a schoolgirl, where they then socialise and interact with her…….”
“No further game details have been provided, other than a basic gesture
system in which the player is able to communicate with the girl by
nodding or shaking their head…..”
Made in Japan?
Teenage schoolgirl in a short skirt?
Top couple of buttons undone on her blouse?
I can see absolutely NOOOOOOO way at all in which this might go in horribly innapropriate directions…..
You have to love the Japanese, really……
Hammersteyn
September 2, 2014 at 17:10
And you use a VR headset O_o
PERSONA 5!!!! (Umar)
September 3, 2014 at 01:32
busy playing it…..*fap fap fap*
Hammersteyn
September 3, 2014 at 07:38
Hahaha that’s our Umar
WarframedSquirrel
September 2, 2014 at 16:27
Oooo I’m going to be in the area of that place soon…. *rubs hands together*
Exalted Overlord Geoffrey Tim
September 2, 2014 at 16:32
You’re in for a treat 😛
WarframedSquirrel
September 2, 2014 at 16:51
lol I see what you did there.
hairyknees
September 2, 2014 at 16:47
BUY ALL THE THINGS!
WarframedSquirrel
September 2, 2014 at 16:51
I grew up in a predominately Porra area in JHB… so there’s a high chance of that happening lol
Bianca
September 2, 2014 at 17:09
Best custard pastries I’ve ever eaten were in Mozambique. For some reason they manage to make them so irresistible and delicious that if you come back to your little beach house with a box containing 10, people discard any type of formality and become barbarians.
Ok. No that’s just me.
Mark Treloar
September 2, 2014 at 18:22
Because your taste buds are usually dry?
Skyblue
September 2, 2014 at 23:40
So I hate the food pics and the new look of the site, sorry, my opinion.
Mighty No. 9 is looking sweet!
Skyblue
September 3, 2014 at 00:04
2nd September and PSN still only offering us August PS+ games…?
Kensei Seraph
September 3, 2014 at 07:37
I ate breakfast less than an hour ago and now I’m craving custard tarts.
Geoff you magnificent custardy bastard.