Queijada de Sintra is a signature dish of Portugal; we have verified places to eat it in Lisbon. The Queijada is a Sintra fresh-cheese tartlet, a 13th-century recipe of curd, sugar, eggs and cinnamon in a thin pastry shell. Start with where to eat Queijada de Sintra in Lisbon.
Queijada de Sintra · Lisbon
The Queijada is a Sintra fresh-cheese tartlet, a 13th-century recipe of curd, sugar, eggs and cinnamon in a thin pastry shell. Eaten in fours, never alone.
The Queijada de Sintra is documented in Sintra royal accounts as far back as the 13th century, the convent recipe using fresh sheep curd, eggs, sugar and cinnamon held in a thin wheat pastry. Queijadas da Sapa traces its industrial production to Maria Sapa, who settled in Ranholas in 1756 and later moved her ovens to Volta do Duche, where the family has baked the same recipe for generations. The little tartlets travel poorly, so eating them in Sintra warm from the oven, in groups of four wrapped in paper, is part of the day trip.
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