Cream cakes and other sweets to dream
CREAM CAKE MANTEIGARIA _(Lisbon, Rua do Loreto 2) _
All the patisseries in **Lisbon** (and they are innumerable) have their pastel de nata, but none is so good and balanced in the dough and filling like this. They make hundreds every day and are always fresh out of the oven.
**ÉCLAIR PARIS BREST DE L’ÉCLAIR ** _(Lisboa, Avenida Duque de Ávila, 44) _
Yes, the inspiration is French, but since it opened, L'Éclair is a pilgrimage place for all lovers of good pastry. The menu changes every six months, but the Paris Brest stays the same.
DOM RODRIGO DE TAQUELIM PASTRY SHOP _(Lagos, Rua da Porta de Portugal 27 29 31) _
The traditional sweet of the Algarve, of spun egg and with a lot of cinnamon, Here is one of its most accurate versions.
None is as good and balanced in dough and filling as this one
**OVOS-MOLES FROM CONFEITARIA PEIXINHO ** _(Aveiro, rua de Coimbra 9) _
Aveiro is the city of ovos-moles (typical conventual sweets made with eggs and sugar), but not all of them are as incredible as the ones from this bakery. Wrapped with a thin wafer, they are a sin in the form of marine motifs: shells, snails, fish...
**TRAVESSEIRO DE PIRIQUITA ** _(Sintra, Rua Padarias 1) _
Pillow-shaped, mille-feuille cake, egg and almond cream It has a secret ingredient that only the family that owns it knows about.
**JESUIT OF LA CONFEITARIA MOURA ** _(Sto. Tirso, rua Sousa Trepa 56) _
pastries buttery puff pastry covered with a crispy sugar glaze, whose secret recipe passes from generation to generation.
**CORNUCÓPIAS DE ALCÔA ** _(Alcobaça, Praça 25 de Abril 44) _
The ancient recipe of the Cistercian monks is a crunchy cone with a salty touch and filled with egg candy.
**BALL OF BERLIM DE NATÁRIO ** _(Viana do Castelo, rua Manuel Espregueira 37) _
The Portuguese adore the balls of Berlin and for these they queue in the street. They produce more than a thousand a day, but sometimes they run out. Smaller than the 'normal' ones, they are sprinkled with cinnamon.
**AZEITAO CAKE AND CEGO BUNS ** (Vila Nogueira De Azeitão, Rua José Augusto Coelho 150)
Born in 1901, the Regional Cego pastry shop is known for its Azeitão cakes: a sponge cake rolled with fudge. Accompany them with a Setúbal muscatel.
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Pilgrimage place for all lovers of good pastry