Travesseiro (Portuguese Custard Pastry)
Crispy phyllo pastries filled with sweet custard cream and dusted with cinnamon sugar. A classic Portuguese dessert that's easier than it looks.
- Total time
- 45 min
- Servings
- 4
- Calories
- 385
- Protein
- 6g
Ingredients
- 1 cup whole milk
- 3 count egg yolks
- ¼ cup sugar
- 2 tbsp cornstarch
- ½ tsp vanilla extract
- 8 sheets phyllo sheets
- ½ cup butter, melted
- 3 tbsp cinnamon and sugar mixture
Instructions
- 1
Whisk egg yolks with sugar until pale, about 2 minutes.
- 2
Mix cornstarch into the yolk mixture until no lumps remain.
- 3
Heat milk in a saucepan over medium until steaming, 4–5 minutes.
- 4
Slowly pour hot milk into yolk mixture while whisking constantly.
- 5
Transfer mixture back to saucepan and cook over medium, stirring, until thick, 3–4 minutes.
- 6
Stir in vanilla. Pour custard onto a plate and refrigerate 15 minutes.
- 7
Preheat oven to 400°F. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
- 8
Lay one phyllo sheet on work surface. Brush lightly with melted butter.
- 9
Spoon 2 tbsp custard along the bottom third of the phyllo sheet.
- 10
Fold the bottom edge over filling, then roll up tightly like an envelope.
- 11
Place seam-side down on baking sheet. Repeat with remaining phyllo and custard.
- 12
Brush each pastry with remaining butter.
- 13
Bake until golden brown and crispy, 12–15 minutes.
- 14
Remove from oven and dust generously with cinnamon sugar while warm.
- 15
Serve within 30 minutes while pastries are still crispy.
Tools you’ll need
- medium saucepan
- whisk
- baking sheet
- parchment paper
- pastry brush
- cutting board
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