Colares Reineta Apple Paste
Also known as: Reineta Apple Paste · Reineta Apple Marmalade
A concentrated Colares Reineta apple product whose formula is unpublished.
- Origin
- Colares · Sintra; creation date and exact formula unknown
- Place
- Colares · Sintra
- Region
- Sintra
- Category
- Fruit & Honey Sweets
- Season
- Autumn · Reineta apple season
- Evidence
- Well documented
Reinetada is a transformed Reineta apple product made in the Colares region. A study by the Santarém School of Agriculture analysed three independent lots and reported, per 100 g / 3.5 oz, 258 kcal, 64.6 g carbohydrates, 60.3 g sugars, 34.9 g water and less than 0.1 g fat.
Those results establish nutritional composition and concentration, not a recipe. The paper publishes no ingredient declaration, fruit-to-sugar ratio, apple preparation, cooking stage, target texture, yield or preservation method.
The 2022 Reineta Apple Festival’s producer list associates Reinetada with Quinta da Reineta, run by Manuel Costa e Oliveira. The catalogue documents that producer identity without replacing the missing formula with a generic apple-paste recipe.
- Reineta apples
- Remaining ingredients and proportions not published by the consulted sources
The analysis confirms 60.3 g sugars per 100 g / 3.5 oz; local sources describe Reineta apples as slightly astringent or acidic. No specific sensory assessment of Reinetada has been published.
The study analysed three production lots but publishes no formula differences between them. Preserves, fruit pastes, chutneys, cakes and other Reineta apple products appear separately in local sources and are not automatically variants of Reinetada.
The producer list published for the 2022 Reineta Apple Festival identified Quinta da Reineta, run by Manuel Costa e Oliveira, as a Reinetada processor. Confirm current production, sales points and availability directly.
The cited sources publish no traditional or required pairing.
The Reineta apple is emblematic of Fontanelas and rural Sintra, where local sources identify cultivation of the Canada Gris variety. The 2019 study presents the diversion of small apples into processing as an economic opportunity and calls Reinetada a ‘new product’, but identifies no creator, launch date or first formula; its exact chronology remains unknown.
In 2019 Reinetada entered Portugal’s 7 Sweet Wonders in the Fruit and Honey Sweets category. The consolidated municipal regulation published in 2023 expressly includes it among Sintra’s recognised confectionery. The 2022 listing documents production by Quinta da Reineta and sale at the Reineta Apple Festival, not a technical specification.
Well documented
Identity supported by institutional, specialist or corroborating sources.
- revistas.rcaap.pt/uiips/article/download/18285/14309/62845 (opens in a new tab)
- diariodarepublica.pt/dr/detalhe/aviso/5198-2023-208462687 (opens in a new tab)
- visitsintra.travel/pt/info/noticias/doces-de-sintra-concorrem-as-7-maravilhas-de-portugal (opens in a new tab)
- jornaldesintra.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/JS2810.pdf (opens in a new tab)
- a2s.pt/fontanelas-celebrou-a-maca-reineta-com-o-apoio-da-a2s/ (opens in a new tab)
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