Portuguese pastry, Lisbon, artisan craftsmanship
The Queijada de Sintra: the little cake people once used to pay their taxes
A crust that snaps the moment you bite into it, a warm filling of fresh cheese and cinnamon — the queijada de Sintra was once used to pay taxes.
Read morePastel de Belém Just Won World's Best Pastry: Here's What That Means for Us
The first time someone told me a custard tart from a Lisbon monastery bakery was the best pastry on earth, I thought it was tourist talk. TasteAtlas just made…
Read moreTravesseiro de Sintra: The Pillow Pastry That Conquered a Hillside Town
I still remember the first time someone handed me a travesseiro straight out of its paper wrapper — still warm, dusted so heavily in icing sugar that it dusted…
Read moreBola de Berlim, the Pastry that Tastes Like Portuguese Summer
Flaky, golden, and generously filled with custard cream: the bola de berlim is the pastry that carries Portuguese summer through, from the beaches of Costa da…
Read moreThe History of Pastel de Nata: A Portuguese Tradition
Close your eyes and you can almost smell the warm pastel de nata — that caramelised custard tart born nearly two centuries ago. But do you know its real…
Read morePastel de Nata in Brussels: Our Wooly Shops
At Wooly, authentic Portuguese pastel de nata is baked fresh every morning in our 4 Brussels shops. Homemade puff pastry, creamy egg-yolk custard, eight…
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