Traditional aletria recipe – a Portuguese Christmas dessert

Aletria is an ancient and traditional Christmas dessert in Portugal. It’s a simple sweet made with few ingredients, usually cooked at home by grandmothers. Despite slowly falling into disuse, it is delicious and tastes like Christmas. Aletria is made with a very thin pasta, also called Aletria, which is very similar to vermicelli. It has …

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Portuguese Farófias Recipe

Receita de Farófias

Farófias are a typical Portuguese dessert, especially popular in the southern region of Portugal. Made with egg whites boiled in milk, it’s a soft sweet that melts in your mouth, leaving in your mouth a taste so pleasant that you won’t want to eat anything else. Portuguese Farófias recipe is one you will want to …

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