Gargantas de Freira from Covilhã — Published Formula
Roteiro Gastronómico de Portugal publishes, from Editorial Verbo's Cozinha Tradicional Portuguesa, a nine-piece formula: small rolls of prepared egg threads dipped in sugar syrup and wrapped in rectangles of wafer paper. The recipe starts with ready-made egg threads and does not teach how to make them.
- Yields
- 9 pieces
- Prep
- Not stated by the source
- Cook
- Not stated; only the syrup is cooked
Ingredients
- 1 sheet Wafer paper
- 1 cup; capacity not stated Prepared egg threads
- 200 g / 7.1 oz Sugar
- 100 ml / 3.4 fl oz Water
Method
Cut the wafer sheet into nine rectangles. The source gives no dimensions.
Divide the egg threads into nine small rolls matching the length of the wafer-paper rectangles.
Heat the 200 g sugar with 100 ml water to pearl stage.
Dip the egg-thread rolls in the syrup and let them drain.
Place each roll on a wafer-paper rectangle and wrap it.
Sources for this recipe
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