SWEETS
SARANSURÁVEL
(Steamed coconut cake)
COQUEIRA
(Coconut tartlets)
BEBINGA DE LEITE
(Coconut and milk pudding)
PÃO DE LÓ
(Sponge cake)
GENETES
(Shortbread cookies)
Soft cookies that just melt in your mouth.
BAGI
(Glutinous Rice sweet)
An old coconut sweet.
ARROZ DOCE
(Sweet rice pudding)
Making this delicious dessert with fresh coconut was once rather tedious, but is now simple with canned coconut milk.
XAROPE DE FOLHA DE FIGO
Fig leaf cordial)
This delicious drink was reputed to have curative properties.
FIOS DE OVOS
(Egg threads)
CREME CARAMEL
BOLO MENINO
(Sponge Cake)
This was named after the Christ Child (menino) and was served at Christmas time but there is no reason why it should not be enjoyed throughout the year.
PINEAPPLE UPSIDE-DOWN CAKE
(Shortbread biscuits)
Feather-light gluten-free corn starch biscuits, piped into wriggly shapes and called bicho-bicho (“worms” in the Macanese patois).
FARTES
Eaten at Christmas, these are meant to represent the pillows of the baby Jesus.
COSCORÕES
(Sweet pastry sheets)
These sweet, crisp pastries are traditionally served at Christmas time and represent the sheets on the bed of the baby Jesus.
SONHO
(Sweet or savoury deep-fried choux pastry)
BICHO-BICHO
Biscuit tart
A dessert made from biscuits that looks and tastes like cake, but needs no cooking.
TORTA DE LARANJA
Orange roll
SERRADURA
“Sawdust” dessert
A rich, creamy dessert whose biscuits crumbs resemble sawdust
