Caladinhos
Also known as: Santa Maria da Feira Caladinhos
Light egg, sugar and flour cakes—round, pale and delicately crisp.
- Origin
- Santa Maria da Feira · at least 19th century
- Region
- Santa Maria da Feira
- Season
- Year-round
Caladinhos are round, flattened cakes about five centimetres across. Eggs, sugar and flour alone create an airy, lightly yellow dough beneath a thin crisp crust that tends to open in small cracks.
The secret lies less in the ingredient list than in beating time, the shaping and gentle flattening of each portion, and precise baking. The result is light and dry, made to accompany a drink.
- eggs
- sugar
- wheat flour
Light, sweet and airy, with a clean egg flavour and a delicately crisp crust.
Height, cracking and surface colour change with each bakery's beating and baking times.
In Santa Maria da Feira confectioneries, pastry shops and bakeries, sold loose or packaged.
Coffee, tea or Port.
They have probably belonged to Santa Maria da Feira's traditional confectionery since at least the 19th century. Their simplicity and keeping quality helped preserve them in local confectioneries, pastry shops and bakeries throughout the year.
Sources: tradicional.dgadr.gov.pt
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