Areias Brancas
Egg yolk and almond in a small golden pudding dusted with sugar.
- Origin
- Praia da Areia Branca, Lourinhã — probably of convent origin
- Region
- Praia da Areia Branca · Lourinhã
- Season
- Year-round
Areias brancas are small pudding-like cakes of egg yolk, almond and sugar, baked in low truncated-cone moulds. They arrive golden yellow, with a lightly toasted surface and a fine dusting of sugar.
Their compact appearance hides a creamy texture, almost like an almond pudding. They are traditionally sold in boxes of six, each piece held in pleated white paper.
- egg yolks
- finely ground almonds
- sugar
- fat for greasing
Very soft and creamy, intensely almond-rich and yolky, with loose sugar on the surface.
The bake greatly changes the texture: it should colour without losing its creamy centre.
At Praia da Areia Branca and in Lourinhã, especially at the house historically associated with the speciality.
A short coffee or Lourinhã wine brandy.
The name comes from Praia da Areia Branca near Lourinhã. Tradition gives them a possible regional convent origin; the recipe reached the present maker through family transmission and became associated with Casa das Areias Brancas, holder of the registered name.
Sources: tradicional.dgadr.gov.pt
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