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).