‘Fios de Ovos’ are a signature dish in Portuguese dessert making. They are basically sweet egg yolks drawn into thin strands like pasta which are cooked in sugar syrup. They are an integral element of both Portuguese and Brazilian cuisine. Like many other egg-based Portuguese sweets,they are believed to have been created by Portuguese monks and nuns around the 15th century. They are very simple, easy to make and sure to impress.
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‘Bola de Berlim’, also known as a Berliner, is a Portuguese version of a doughnut. It is a very popular Portuguese summer pastry which historically originates in Northern German pastry making. ‘Bola de Berlim’ is typically bigger than their German counterpart and uses an egg yolk based filling instead. The filling in a Bola de Berlim in always visible as the doughnut is sliced into halves. They are made with sweet dough fried in oil with some powdered sugar icing on top.
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Cheese flan, or Pudim de Queijo, is a unique take on popular Portuguese flans. It uses the creamy texture and slight sourness of goat cheese to make a dessert flan most similar to cheesecake in terms of flavor. This is a great dessert for those who enjoy a nice combination of sweet and sour in a dessert. It is very simple and easy to make without much fuss and is sure to impress.
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Coconut Carob cookies, which are also known in Portuguese as Biscoitos de Alfarroba e Coco. These are a delicious Portuguese style dessert that combine the wonderful flavors of coconut and carob. Carob is a very healthy alternative to cocoa powder that has a unique sweetness and texture and numerous health benefits. It is a very typical ingredient of Mediterranean countries as an alternative to cocoa because of this. These carob coconut cookies have a nice brown coloring and delicious smooth flavor and texture.
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Queijadas de Laranja are orange cupcakes that are quite popular in Portugal and very similar to the style of the traditional Queijadas de Leite, but with a citrus twist. These are smooth tasting sweet orange cupcakes with a soft texture that is just the slightest bit chewy inside. They are quite simple to make and do not require difficult to find ingredients.
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Queijadas de Coco, or Portuguese Coconut Cupcakes, are one of the most traditional and popular desserts in Portuguese pastry making. Queijadas are the most signature version of Portuguese pastry and there are many ways of making this unique Portuguese dessert. These queijadas use the wonderful flavor of coconut to create a sweetly flavored dessert with a crunchy texture that is surprisingly easy to make.
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