This is not a recipe but a heads-up to all Brits who love the best things in life. Waitrose are selling boxes of six pastéis de nata (Portuguese custard tarts). They come frozen, they cost four quid and they are of the Unearthed brand. You just heat them from frozen in the oven for 20 minutes and let them cool down. In our 'umble they are the best example of this heavenly little confection that we've found in this country, and begod we've looked hard. We scoffed them obsessively a few years ago during a week in Madeira (which is a bit of Portugal, of course), which started a lifetime's love affair. We haven't found them cheaper either.

I understand that they are the very devil to make from scratch, so here's my answer!