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About the recipe
Queijadas da Madeira are small sweets, with a creamy filling and a delicate dairy flavour.
The thin pastry encloses the creamy filling, eggs and sugar, making them ideal with coffee.
Ingredients
- Thin pastry for queijadas
- 300 g fresh cheese or ricotta
- 180 g sugar
- 4 egg yolks
- 1 tbsp flour
- Lemon zest
- Cinnamon (optional)
Method
- Mix the cheese, sugar, egg yolks, flour and lemon zest.
- Roll out the dough thinly.
- Line small moulds.
- Add the filling.
- Bake until set and golden.
- Leave the queijadas to cool before serving.
Tips from Empório Portugal
- Cheese needs to be well drained.
- Thin pastry balances the filling.
- Serve at room temperature.
Possible substitutions in Brazil
- Sifted ricotta replaces fresh cheese.
- Orange zest can replace lemon.
Pairing
Coffee or black tea. No alcoholic drink is required.
Regional and family variations may change ingredients, quantities and method.
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