28/05/2026
🇵🇹 Portugal 🇵🇹
I was lucky enough to visit the city of Porto, Lisbon and a little town called Sintra in Portugal. I came across many signature bakes from each region including the most famous of them all, the Pastel de Nata.
Pastel de Nata is a Portuguese baked egg custard tart with a flaky puff pastry shell and a caramelised top. Traditionally eaten with a dusting of cinnamon. They were originally created in the district of Belém (Lisbon) under the name Pastéis de Belém. The vegan ones from .pt are the best!
Other bakes I discovered:
Bolo de Laranja - a moist orange cake
Queijadas de Coco - Portuguese coconut tarts
Bolo de Bolacha - biscuit cake made with the signature marie biscuits, soaked in espresso and layers with buttercream
Bolo de Brigadeiro - based on the Brazilian dessert 'brigadeiro'', it's a chocolate cake filled with a chocolate frosting made from condensed milk
Jésuite - triangular, flaky pastry filled with frangipane cream, topped with sliced almonds and powdered sugar
Bolas de Berlim - Portuguese doughnuts filled with custard
Travesseiros - The most famous dessert in Sintra. Literally translates to pillow, its a flaky puff pastry with a sweet creamy egg and almond filling and rolled in sugar
Queijada da Sintra - another famous dessert from Sintra, a thin crunchy pastry shell filled with a mixture of cheese, cinnamon, eggs and sugar
Bolo de Arroz - rice flour cake
Pudim Conde da Praia, - traditional tart from the Azores with a filling consisting of sweet potato, egg yolks, lemon and cinnamon
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