Braga Sameirinhos
Also known as: Sameiro Egg-and-Almond Boats
A little crisp pastry boat filled with egg-yolk and almond sweet.
- Origin
- Sameiro · Braga
- Place
- Sameiro · Braga
- Region
- The North
- Category
- Convent Sweets
- Season
- Year-round
- Evidence
- Well documented
Sameirinhos are small boat-shaped pastries with a thin, crisp shell. At the centre sits a moist egg-yolk and almond filling, its golden colour visible between the raised sides.
Their delicate scale and contrast between brittle shell and rich convent-style filling distinguish them from tarts and queijadas. They are presented as a genuinely Braga speciality associated with Sameiro.
- wheat flour
- butter
- eggs
- sugar
- almonds
- cinnamon
Crisp outside, creamy and rich in yolk and almond at the centre, with quiet cinnamon.
Size, boat-shell pleating and the proportion of almond vary among confectioners.
At convent-sweet shops and traditional pastry shops in Braga and around Sameiro.
Coffee, tea or late-harvest Vinho Verde.
The official Visit Braga portal attributes their creation to the nuns of Sameiro and describes Sameirinhos as the city's uniquely genuine confectionery speciality. The convent tradition survives in Braga's sweet shops today.
Well documented
Identity supported by institutional, specialist or corroborating sources.
- visitbraga.travel/sameirinhos (opens in a new tab)
- cm-braga.pt/pt/0101/conhecer/gastronomia-e-vinhos/apresentacao (opens in a new tab)
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