Portuguese Conventual Sweets

By theperfecttourist on March 11, 2014 conventual portuguese sweets Traditional Gastronomy

  Fios de Ovos, egg threads – Like other egg-based Portuguese sweets, fios de ovos is believed to have been create by Portuguese monks and nuns around the 14th or 15th centuries. Called conventual sweets for were made ​​in convents, characterized by large amounts of sugar and egg yolks. Convent sweets in Portugal started in the 15th century . It was in this […]