Need cooking advise from across the pond.

[Nancy O]

I am an American attempting a UK recipe. When he says full fat milk is he referring to what we would call whole milk in America or what we would call cream? My cream is 5% fat.

 

[BadPinkTink]

yes it would be American whole milk. This is the link to one of the main UK grocery store online shop full fat milk / whole milk https://www.tesco.ie/groceries/Product/Details/?id=260776455

 

[Nancy O]

 

[BadPinkTink]

@Nancy O if you use UK recipes you should bookmark https://www.tesco.ie/groceries/?&icid=homepage_nav_groceries_0home that way you can look up names of ingredients you might not be familiar with. For example in Ireland regular butter is salted but in UK regular butter is unsalted

 

[Deb286]

Just being curious (hope you don't mind), but what were you making and did it turn out ok?

 

[Nancy O]

Just being curious (hope you don't mind), but what were you making and did it turn out ok?

I was making a Paul Hollywood Recipe: pasteis de nata aka Portuguese tarts. I don't think I adjusted the measurements correctly. I didn't have whole milk but I used a combination of half and half and 1%. Regardless the custard set correctly but the pastry was under baked. It should also be noted that this was my first time making puff pastry from scratch.

 

[Deb286]

I love a custard tart and they look great for a first attempt - the under bake is just a good excuse to make more!

 

[florida sun]

Thats a great first attempt, we have a company over here called Nata & Co, who make the best potugese tarts I have ever tasted. Well done for having a good go

 

[Canooknic]

Whole milk would be the equivalent of 3%