Name: Tarte de Natas (Cream Tart)
Yield: Serves 8 to 10
Cuisine: Portugal
Ingredients: 395 g (14 oz) can sweet condensed milk; 75 g (3 oz) shortbread or other fairly plain biscuits, finely crushed; 3 free-range egg whites; 4 sheets or 4 teaspoons gelatine; 500 mls (18 oz) milk

Preparation info

Serves
8 to 10

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Modern Classics

By Frances Bissell

Published 2000

About

A very simple Portuguese dessert, ideal when accompanied by a compote of fresh or dried fruit.

Ingredients

500 mls (18 oz) milk
395 g (14

Method

Mix both milks together in a bowl. Soak the gelatine in 4 tablespoons of water, and then dissolve in a bain-marie. Add to the milk, giving a good stir to make a creamy texture. Whisk the egg whites to firm peaks, and gently fold into the milk. Place a greased flan ring on a baking sheet lined with g