Torrozelas Tigelada
The recipe published for Torrozelas, in Oliveira do Hospital municipality, combines eggs, milk, sugar, lemon and one spoonful of flour. It bakes in an earthenware pot—ideally from Molelos—in a very hot oven, preferably wood-fired. We do not convert those directions into a temperature or duration absent from the source.
- Yields
- Not stated by the source
- Prep
- Not stated by the source
- Cook
- Until baked in a very hot oven; duration not stated
Ingredients
- 500 g / 17.6 oz Sugar
- 1 litre / 33.8 fl oz Milk
- 12 Eggs
- 1 tbsp Flour
- 2 tbsp Lemon juice
- as needed Cinnamon
Method
Beat the eggs thoroughly with the sugar and lemon juice.
Dissolve the flour in the cold milk and fold this mixture into the eggs.
Pour into an earthenware pot, ideally one from Molelos, without overfilling it so the mixture cannot overflow.
Bake in a very hot oven, preferably wood-fired. The publication states neither temperature nor duration.
When nearly baked, sprinkle with cinnamon and allow it to finish cooking.
Serve in the earthenware pot used for baking.
Sources for this recipe
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