PT.13.0001
Fios de ovos: Portuguese egg thread technique
Golden egg threads spun from egg yolks and sugar syrup — one of the great technical achievements of …
Portugal (spread through
PT.13.0002
Ovos moles d'Aveiro
Ovos moles — soft eggs — are the defining sweet of Aveiro on Portugal's Atlantic coast: a silky crea…
Aveiro, Portugal
PT.13.0003
Pão de Ló: Portuguese sponge cake
Portugal's ancient sponge cake — one of the oldest European sponge preparations, predating the Frenc…
Portugal (multiple region
PT.13.0004
Pastéis de nata: the custard tart technique
The most famous Portuguese pastry and one of the world's great products of technique meeting simplic…
Belém, Lisbon, Portugal
PT.13.0005
Queijadas de Sintra: Sintra cheese tartlets
The oldest documented Portuguese pastry — a small, individual tartlet of fresh cheese (requeijão), e…
Sintra, Portugal
PT.13.0006
Toucinho do céu: heavenly bacon
The most direct expression of the Portuguese convent egg-and-almond sweet tradition — its name trans…
Alentejo, Portugal