Filled Portuguese Palmier
Also known as: Filled Portuguese Palmier · Egg-Cream Palmier Sandwich
Two rectangular sheets of caramelised puff pastry joined with egg cream.
- Origin
- Portuguese pastry tradition · Riscadinho in central Portugal
- Region
- Portugal · Riscadinho in the centre
- Season
- Year-round
The classic Palmier Recheado is a low rectangular cake: two equal parallel pieces of caramelised puff pastry are “married” with a band of egg cream. Pastry ridges remain visible on top, while the side shows crisp layers around the moist filling.
Heart-shaped versions also exist today, but technical documentation identifies the rectangle as the original form. It is not merely a plain palmier cut open: the parallel arrangement of two slabs and the cream make it a counter pastry in its own right.
- Puff pastry
- Sugar
- Egg cream
- Quince paste in the older version
Very crisp caramelised puff pastry, soft yolk cream and an intense sweetness made for coffee.
It may be rectangular or heart-shaped, filled with egg cream, quince paste or chocolate, and partly coated. Central Portugal also calls it Riscadinho; Jangada is another popular name.
It remains available in in-house pastry shops. Meia-Lua and Sacolinha retain Palmier Recheado in their catalogues, while current menus specify sweet egg-cream filling.
Unsweetened espresso or a galão.
Fabrico Próprio describes it as an older variant than Palmier Simples and records the name Riscadinho in central Portugal. The original form was rectangular, although transmission among pastry shops created other geometries.
The filling also changed: it originally used quince paste, whereas egg cream is now the most common reference. Chocolate-filled or partly chocolate-coated examples also occur. Its relative age is documented, but there is no secure inventor or date.
Sources: fabricoproprio.net · meia-lua.pt · sacolinha.pt
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