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PASTEL DE TENTÚGAL - IGP

Sweet of conventual origin, whose dough is obtained from the combination of water and flour and whose creamy filling results from the mixture of yolk and egg with sugar syrup. It comes in the form of a stick or half-moon, or miniatures, sprinkled or not with powdered or granulated sugar and cinnamon (this is only used in the half-moon shape). The puff pastry is thin, almost transparent, golden brown in color, with darker ridges. The filling is brownish-yellow, has a flavor of egg, sugar and cinnamon and melts in the mouth.
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COVILHETE OF VILA REAL

Covilhete of Vila Real is a meat pastry, weighing approximately 50g to 60g, filled with a mince made mostly from stewed beef. The covilhete has a truncated cone shape made with puff pastry, which is topped with puff pastry with the characteristic helical curl of this product. The pastry is crispy and crunchy, and the filling is soft and grainy, where you can see the pieces of minced meat that may be bound by a slightly thick cream resulting from the mixture of fats and flour. The smell of the puff pastry contrasts slightly with the aromas of the filling. Its flavor comes from the mixture of the puff pastry and the filling, where the characteristic flavors of garlic and onion, fat and meat, with a light touch of parsley.
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