Olivia e Joaquim Doces de Santa Clara em Vila do Conde (Duarte Belo)

In Portuguese

Convent sweets from Portugal's Santa Clara and Vila do Conde, with recipes and historical context, as well as photographs of vintage pastry equipment. Nuns in Portugal were at one time overwhelmed by the number of egg whites they were give to use for numerous tasks, and were left with the quandary of what to do with the yolks. They came up with hundreds of varieties of sweets using eggs yolks, sugar, and flour. These are now finding popularity anew in Portugal's numerous bakeries.