Pastéis de Belém: The Secret Recipe

If it wasn’t for the enterprising Pastéis de Belém, a bakery situated in the Belém neighbourhood of Lisbon, we might not have the pastel de nata (often called a Portuguese custard tart). The café was the first business to begin selling pastéis de nata commercially, and that lead to others trying to copy the recipe, and eventually the pastel de nata becoming Portugal’s most famous dish.

Today, the café sells at least 20,000 natas per day and attracts thousands of visitors. It’s Lisbon’s most popular attraction and one of the most popular eateries in the world.

Although there are plenty of other Lisbon bakeries that make great natas, in Lisbon and throughout both Portugal and the rest of the world, none of them have quite managed to beat Pastéis de Belém at what they do best.

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Peace,
The Reid Bros