Braga Iron Biscuits
Also known as: Braga Iron Biscuits
Thin gridded biscuits pressed in a hinged iron.
- Origin
- Braga
- Region
- Braga
- Season
- Year-round; common at Christmas
Talassas de Braga are thin biscuits cooked between the two plates of a hinged iron, which stamps them with a geometric pattern resembling a small waffle. They become dry, light and brittle, with trimmed edges and a golden colour.
Their simple batter uses eggs, sugar, flour and fat. Kept in lined tins, they retain their crispness and belong to Braga's assortment of dry sweets recommended with tea.
- wheat flour
- sugar
- eggs
- butter
- milk
Crisp, buttery and gently sweet, with a toasted biscuit flavour.
Pattern, thickness and flavourings vary with the iron and maker.
At traditional Braga confectioners, often in boxes of assorted dry sweets.
Tea, coffee or warm milk.
Talassas repeatedly appear in municipal tourism guides among Braga's identity-defining sweets. The closed-iron technique belongs to an old family of Portuguese biscuits, with regional variants elsewhere in the country.
Sources: cm-braga.pt · cm-braga.pt
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