Portuguese Conventual Sweets
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 […]
