The best Portuguese sweets
The top 3 according to 12 votes from people: Pastel de nata · Pão de ló de Ovar · Ovos moles de Aveiro. (Updated Mar 15, 2024.)
The traditional sweets of Portugal, many of them 'convent sweets' (created in convents with egg yolks and sugar), that appear most in lists and guides to Portuguese confectionery.
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Top 15
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Pastel de nata
Crisp puff pastry with egg custard; the original Pastéis de Belém recipe comes from the Jerónimos Monastery and has been sold since 1837.
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Pão de ló de Ovar
Moist sponge cake left runny in the middle, baked in clay moulds lined with paper.
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Ovos moles de Aveiro
Egg yolk and sugar wrapped in wafer in sea shapes; the first Portuguese sweet with PGI status (2008).
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Travesseiros de Sintra
Puff pastry filled with almond and egg cream, famous at Casa Piriquita since the 1940s.
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Queijadas de Sintra
Small tarts of fresh cheese, sugar, eggs and cinnamon, made in Sintra since the Middle Ages.
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Arroz doce
Rice cooked in milk with egg yolks and lemon, decorated with cinnamon; a must at every celebration.
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Sericaia with Elvas plums
Alentejo egg, milk and cinnamon dessert served with PDO Elvas plums.
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Pastéis de Tentúgal
Paper-thin crisp pastry filled with sweet egg cream, from the Carmelite nuns of Tentúgal.
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9
Bolo-rei
Christmas cake with candied fruit and nuts, popularised by Lisbon's Confeitaria Nacional in 1875.
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10
Morgado do Algarve
Algarve marzipan sweet filled with fig-leaf gourd jam and egg threads.
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Toucinho do céu
Convent cake of almond, egg yolks and sugar, with versions in Guimarães and Murça.
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Pudim Abade de Priscos
Braga pudding with egg yolks, port wine and bacon, a finalist of the 7 Wonders of Portuguese Gastronomy.
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13
Bola de Berlim
Fried doughnut filled with egg custard, sold on Portuguese beaches in summer.
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Pastel de Santa Clara
Thin half-moon pastry with almond and egg filling, typical of Coimbra.
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Pão de Deus
Sweet brioche bun topped with grated coconut, found in every pastelaria.
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Fios de ovos
Fine threads of egg yolk cooked in sugar syrup, used to decorate cakes.
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Brisas do Lis
Small egg yolk and almond sweets from Leiria, born in the Convent of Santana.
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Comments (7)
Provei os travesseiros da Piriquita em setembro por causa desta lista, estavam divinais!
Faltam as queijadas da Graciosa e as tigeladas! Muito boa lista na mesma.
Os travesseiros da Piriquita em Sintra são de outro mundo.
Pastéis de Belém ou de nata? É a mesma coisa? Vou a Lisboa em julho
A receita dos de Belém é secreta e só se vendem lá, mas todos são pastéis de nata. Prove os dois!
Pastel de nata em primeiro, claro. Com canela e ainda quente.
Ovos moles de Aveiro em segundo lugar, concordo plenamente