Portuguese pastry, Lisbon, artisan craftsmanship
Bolo de Arroz: The Little Cake Standing Between Lisbon and the Loss of Its Cafés
Standing at the counter, an espresso gone in three sips, a small golden cake in hand: that's the most ordinary, most stubborn image of Lisbon there is. It's…
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Ginjinha: The Tiny Cup That Sums Up Lisbon
The first time, someone hands you a plastic cup barely bigger than a thimble. You knock it back in one go, standing on the pavement, and there's a whole cherry…
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Arroz Doce: The Portuguese Rice Pudding That Ends Every Family Table
I still remember the first time someone handed me a bowl still faintly warm, with a fan of cinnamon traced across the top in lines no two cooks ever draw the…
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The Queijada de Sintra: the little cake people once used to pay their taxes
A crust that snaps the moment you bite into it, a warm filling of fresh cheese and cinnamon, the queijada de Sintra was once used to pay taxes.
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Pastel de Belém Just Won World's Best Pastry: Here's What That Means for Us
The first time someone told me a custard tart from a Lisbon monastery bakery was the best pastry on earth, I thought it was tourist talk. TasteAtlas just made…
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Travesseiro de Sintra: The Pillow Pastry That Conquered a Hillside Town
I still remember the first time someone handed me a travesseiro straight out of its paper wrapper, still warm, dusted so heavily in icing sugar that it dusted…
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Bola de Berlim, the Pastry that Tastes Like Portuguese Summer
Flaky, golden, and generously filled with custard cream: the bola de berlim is the pastry that carries Portuguese summer through, on the beaches of Costa da…
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The History of Pastel de Nata: A Portuguese Tradition
Close your eyes and you can almost smell the warm pastel de nata, that caramelised custard tart born nearly two centuries ago. But do you know its real…
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Pastel de Nata in Brussels: Our Wooly Shops
At Wooly, authentic Portuguese pastel de nata comes out of the oven several times a day in our 4 shops in Brussels and Waterloo. Homemade puff pastry, creamy…
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