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The bakery's own custard tarts, the pastel de nata under its original name, to the monastery recipe. One at the table, a box for later.
Also on our table
- A box of six to carry home
Pastéis de Belém
Portuguese · pastelaria · pastéis de Belém (custard tarts) · Belém, Lisbon
Rua de Belém 84-92, 1300-085 Lisboa
The bakery beside the old sugar refinery in Belém began baking these custard tarts to the secret recipe of the Jerónimos monastery next door, after the monks left. Only its master confectioners know the recipe.
The proof, in the house's own words
Why the pastéis de Belém
Craft
Made by hand every day, by traditional methods only.
“That secret recipe is recreated every day in our bakery, by hand, using only traditional methods.”
Tradition
From the Jerónimos monastery's own recipe, kept in the bakery since the 1830s.
“In 1837 we began making the original Pastéis de Belém®, following an ancient recipe from the Mosteiro dos Jerónimos.”
Same plate, other kitchens
Pastel de nata: which one?
Pastéis de Belém and one other kitchen in Lisbon all lead with it. What sets each apart, and who it suits:
Pastéis de Belém
This kitchenBelém · Menu checked Oct 2026
The bakery by the Jerónimos monastery, keeper of the original secret recipe.
Pick it if you're in Belém, or want the monastery recipe the bakery has kept.
LaminatedCampo de Ourique · Menu checked Sep 2026
Five times Lisbon's champion tart, from the neighbourhood original.
Pick it if you're in the west of the city, or want one early, at the counter.
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