Kiss Me Quickly
Also known as: Kiss Me Quickly · Kiss Me... Quickly
A sphere of egg yolk and sugar that melts away like a kiss.
- Origin
- 1960 · Estrelas de Tomar, Tomar
- Place
- Tomar
- Region
- The Centre
- Category
- Convent Sweets
- Season
- Commercial availability; confirm with the producer
- Evidence
- Well documented
Beija-me Depressa is a small egg sweet from Tomar: an orange-hued, soft and dense piece finished with icing sugar. Official tourism material describes it simply as an egg-and-sugar sweet and shows it in small paper cases inside its familiar pink box.
It is often presented alongside Tomar’s convent sweets, but the tourism source that dates the speciality attributes its creation to Estrelas de Tomar in 1960. This page therefore treats it as a modern Tomar confection inspired by the vocabulary of egg sweets, not as a recipe proven to have emerged from a convent.
- Egg yolks
- Sugar
- Icing sugar for dusting
Intensely sweet with a pronounced eggy flavour, like a set egg custard; the texture is soft, creamy and dense, while the dusting of icing sugar softens the first bite.
The consulted documentation identifies the Estrelas de Tomar speciality; it does not establish regional variants or publish the complete formula.
At Estrelas de Tomar on Rua Serpa Pinto in the historic centre. Confirm opening hours and availability directly before making a dedicated journey.
Calls for a short espresso or a small glass of Moscatel or Port, which balance the concentrated sweetness of the yolk.
Turismo Centro de Portugal dates the sweet to 1960, when Estrelas de Tomar began its story, and identifies that confectionery as creator and maker. Later official guides preserve the explicit association among product, city and house.
The consulted sources confirm the name, date, producer and egg base, but do not document who coined the name or disclose a complete formula. Stories about a tourist-targeted invention or convent transmission are therefore not presented here as facts.
Well documented
Identity supported by institutional, specialist or corroborating sources.
- turismodocentro.pt/artigo/docaria-regional-do-centro-de-portugal/ (opens in a new tab)
- turismodocentro.pt/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Guia-Lugares-Patrimonio-Centro_Expresso.pdf (opens in a new tab)
- iguaria.com/produto/beija-me-depressa-da-pastelaria-estrelas-de-tomar/ (opens in a new tab)
- lifestyle.sapo.pt/casa-e-lazer/agenda-casa-e-lazer/artigos/em-tomar-um-beija-me-depressa-nao-e-atrevimento-e-docaria (opens in a new tab)
- mediotejo.net/tomar-beija-me-depressa-adensa-romantismo-da-cidade-templaria-cvideo/ (opens in a new tab)
- portugalnummapa.com/beija-me-depressa/ (opens in a new tab)
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