Saint Vincent Sweet Rolls

Also known as: Saint Vincent Sweet Rolls

Small sugared sweet rolls from the Saint Vincent pilgrimage.

Origin: São Vicente · Braga
Place: São Vicente · Braga
Region: The North
Category: Festive & Seasonal
Season: 22 January and 19 March
Evidence: Well documented

Sweetness

Richness

Difficulty

Moletinhos de São Vicente are small enriched yeasted sweet rolls. Shaped as short cylinders or little arrufadas, they bake fluffy inside, golden with egg wash and covered in sugar that creates a sweet crust.

Their dough combines flour, eggs, milk, cream and yeast, sometimes perfumed with Port. They are traditionally sold near churches on Braga's pilgrimage days.

Ingredients

wheat flour
eggs
sugar
baker's yeast
milk
cream
Port
salt

Taste & texture

Fluffy, milky and moderately sweet, with a sugared crust and possible Port fragrance.

Variations

Also called little arrufadas; they may be baked separately or clustered in a tin and pulled apart by hand.

Where to try it

At Braga pastry shops and around Saint Vincent's Church during the January pilgrimage.

Pairs well with

Milky coffee, tea or Port.

History

They belong to the Saint Vincent pilgrimage celebrated on 22 January and are also associated with Saint Joseph festivities in March. The municipality and Visit Braga treat moletinhos as an inseparable part of São Vicente parish tradition.

Documentary basis

Well documented

3 sources

Identity supported by institutional, specialist or corroborating sources.

How we assess sources and uncertainty →

Well documented

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