Miranda do Douro Roscos

Crisp Mirandese ring biscuits scented with olive oil, butter, anise and aguardente.

Origin: Miranda do Douro · Trás-os-Montes
Region: Miranda do Douro
Season: Year-round; especially Epiphany and Candeias

Sweetness

Richness

Difficulty

Roscos from Miranda do Douro are simple, dry, crisp biscuits, usually shaped as thick rings. Their dough combines eggs, sugar, milk, flour, butter, olive oil, aguardente and anise, rests before being hand-shaped and is brushed with yolk before wood-firing.

The surface is pale, matte and rustic, sometimes cracked; the firm crumb keeps well. For festivals the dough is also shaped into letters and other figures.

Ingredients

wheat flour
eggs
sugar
milk
butter
olive oil
aguardente
anise
baking powder
bicarbonate of soda

Taste & texture

Dry and crisp, scented with anise and aguardente and gently enriched by olive oil and butter.

Variations

Besides rings, letters and figures are shaped for festival displays.

Where to try it

At bakeries, fairs and traditional festivals around Miranda do Douro.

Pairs well with

Coffee, tea or a fortified Trás-os-Montes wine.

History

They are especially important at Epiphany and Our Lady of Candeias festivities in Silva e Águas Vivas. Decorative structures covered with roscos of many shapes are auctioned to support the celebrations.

Sources: tradicional.dgadr.gov.pt

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