Pastéis de Belém
As part of our walking tour - and as another 'edible' cultural discovery - we visited an old patisserie in Lisbon which holds on to a secret recipe of Portugal’s finest pastry for over 100 years.
Only a handful of people have ever known how to bake a real “pastel de Belém”, despite the countless imitations found everywhere under the name “pastel de nata”.
This patisserie, the “Antiga Confeitaria de Belém” sells 50,000 pastries every Sunday.
The original recipe for the “Pastéis de Belém” comes from the nearby Jerónimos Monastery.
We got to sample the real thing!
Of this treat?
Yum, yum, yum, yum YUM!
(And see Susie's very elegant finger tips!)
Only a handful of people have ever known how to bake a real “pastel de Belém”, despite the countless imitations found everywhere under the name “pastel de nata”.
This patisserie, the “Antiga Confeitaria de Belém” sells 50,000 pastries every Sunday.
The original recipe for the “Pastéis de Belém” comes from the nearby Jerónimos Monastery.
We got to sample the real thing!
Of this treat?
Yum, yum, yum, yum YUM!
(And see Susie's very elegant finger tips!)