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Azorean recipes

Traditional recipes from the nine islands, to cook at home, with where each one comes from and how it varies.

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Povoação Fennel Cream Puffs (Fofas)

Povoação Fennel Cream Puffs (Fofas)

Recipe for fofas da Povoação, São Miguel's fennel-scented choux pastries filled with vanilla or lemon cream and topped with a stripe of chocolate. São Miguel · 1h40 View recipe

São Miguel Malassadas (Carnival Fried Dough)

Recipe for São Miguel malassadas, the Azorean Carnival fried dough: a soft yeasted batter with eggs and orange juice, rolled in sugar and cinnamon. São Miguel · 1h View recipe

Vila Franca Curd Tarts (Queijadas da Vila)

Vila Franca Curd Tarts (Queijadas da Vila)

Homemade queijadas da Vila, the convent sweet from Vila Franca do Campo on São Miguel: a soft filling of milk curd, egg yolks and sugar in thin pastry. São Miguel · 1h20 View recipe

Santa Maria Ear Biscuits

Santa Maria Ear Biscuits

Traditional recipe for Santa Maria's ear biscuits from the Azores: a lard and butter dough with homemade starter, hand-shaped and snipped into ears. Santa Maria · 3h30 View recipe

Santa Maria Cavacas

Cavacas from Santa Maria in the Azores: light, hollow little cakes of olive oil, flour and ten eggs, baked in moulds and coated in a white beaten-sugar icing. Santa Maria · 1h05 View recipe

Alfenim (Pulled Sugar Figures)

Alfenim from Terceira: a white paste of sugar, water and vinegar, pulled by hand and shaped into doves, crowns and flowers offered as vows to the Holy Spirit. Terceira · 1h20 View recipe

Dona Amélia Cakes

Donas Amélias: little cornmeal cakes from Angra do Heroísmo with cane honey, cinnamon and raisins, named after Queen Amélia, who visited Terceira in 1901. Terceira · 50 min View recipe

Graciosa Rice Pastries

Graciosa rice pastries: thin half-moon pastries filled with rice, sugar syrup, almonds and egg yolks, baked pale. A must on Graciosa's Christmas table. Graciosa · 2h View recipe

Graciosa Star-Shaped Milk Tarts (Queijadas)

Queijadas da Graciosa: star-shaped tarts with thin, crisp pastry and a filling of milk, sugar, egg yolks and cinnamon. The most famous sweet of Graciosa island. Graciosa · 2h40 View recipe

São Jorge Espécies (Spiced Pastries)

Espécies from São Jorge in the Azores: a filling of sugar, toasted bread, cinnamon and fennel seed wrapped in thin, crisp pastry and shaped into horseshoes. São Jorge · 1h50 View recipe

São Jorge Boiled Rosquilhas

Boiled rosquilhas from São Jorge in the Azores: rings of egg, flour and aguardente dough, first boiled in water and then baked in the oven until golden. São Jorge · 1h45 View recipe

Pico Rosquilhas (Holy Spirit Sweet Bread Rings)

Pico rosquilhas: large rings of sweet, egg-rich yeast bread made with butter and lard, carried in procession and shared at the Holy Spirit festivities. Pico · 1h15 View recipe

Flores Easter Folar

Flores Easter folar: a sweet yeasted bread enriched with eggs, sugar and butter, scented with lemon, cinnamon and nutmeg, with a whole egg in the centre. Flores · 1h10 View recipe