Typical Portuguese pastry

Traditional Portuguese pastry is built mostly on egg yolks and sugar, a legacy of the convents. At Wooly Pâtisserie, you find these recipes made in Brussels by Portuguese pastry chefs, at the prices shown below.

Traditional Portuguese pastry

Each region of Portugal has its own sweet, often born in a convent. These are the ones you will find at Wooly:

• Pastel de Tentúgal (€7.90): the speciality of the Coimbra region, a very thin stretched pastry wrapped around an egg cream. We make it in-house, to order.
• Torta de Azeitão (€5.90): a sponge rolled around an egg-yolk cream, also made in a chocolate version.
• Barquinhos de Aveiro (€3.40): small boats filled with egg cream, the sweet of Aveiro.
• Coconut or almond ovos (€3.90).
• Salame de chocolate (€5.90): the no-bake chocolate cake, served in slices.
• Pão de ló de Alfeizerão (€49): the Portuguese sponge cake with a creamy centre, made for sharing.

Next to these classics, the category also includes the half-baked cookie (€5.90). The pastel de nata, the best-known Portuguese pastry, has its own page with all 7 flavours. For the background to these sweets, the guide to Portuguese sweet specialities tells the story of each one.

Where to buy them

You find them in the 3 shops in Etterbeek, Waterloo and Uccle. Online, you can collect in store, ready in 45 minutes, or choose home delivery in Belgium, the Netherlands, Luxembourg, France and Germany, on the date that suits you. The delivery price is calculated in your basket, based on the address and the quantity.