Algarve Almond Nógado
Algarve almonds bound with honey, cut into slabs or served on lemon leaves.
- Origin
- Algarve
- Region
- Algarve
- Season
- Year-round; common at fairs and festive periods
Nógado Algarvio is a firm, dark-golden confection made with equal parts almonds and honey. The almonds are cut into thick slivers and boiled in honey until the mixture darkens, then rolled to roughly half a centimetre thick.
While still warm it is cut into 5- to 6-centimetre squares or rectangles and paper-wrapped, or shaped into small mounds set on lemon leaves. Each portion weighs about 30 grams and preserves the contrast between caramelised honey and crunchy almond.
- almonds
- honey
Intensely toasted-honeyed, with crunchy almond and a lightly caramelised finish.
It may be cut into paper-wrapped slabs or shaped into mounds on lemon leaves.
At traditional pastry shops, markets and regional-food fairs across the Algarve.
Espresso, lemon tea or medronho spirit.
DGADR links the sweet's commercial history to the family behind Pastelaria Almeida, which made confectionery before its 1931 lease. The house became a supplier to the Presidency of the Republic and state banquets, helping bring Algarve almond sweets to national prominence.
Sources: tradicional.dgadr.gov.pt
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