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Ovos moles

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Ovos moles de Aveiro, literally soft eggs from Aveiro, are a pastry delicacy from the Aveiro district of Portugal made from egg yolks and sugar, sometimes with chocolate. The sweet mixture is piped into small spheroidal wafer capsules shaped like shells and other nautical forms. The confection received European Union Protected Geographical Indication status, designated in 2008. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

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Classification
Course
Main Course 1
Dietary Suitability
Contains Dairy or Egg 2
Origin Region
Portugal 1
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In Cuisine

Source Ovos moles (Wikipedia)

Uses Ingredient

Egg Yolk, Ingredients
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Sugar, Ingredients
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1. Ovos moles (Wikidata)
  • P495 (country of origin): Portugal
    Portugal
  • P31 (instance of): Main course
    Main course
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2. Ovos moles (Wikipedia)
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ovos_moles (dietary-suitability)
    Ovos moles de Aveiro, sometimes written as ovos-moles de Aveiro-are a local pastry delicacy from Aveiro District, Portugal, made of egg yolks and sugar, and sometimes chocolate.
  • Uses Ingredient: Sugar, Infobox main_ingredient field: Egg yolks, sugar
  • Uses Ingredient: Egg Yolk, Infobox main_ingredient field: Egg yolks, sugar
  • In Cuisine: Portuguese Cuisine, lead paragraph
    Ovos moles de Aveiro (literally, "soft eggs from Aveiro"), sometimes written as ovos-moles de Aveiro-are a local pastry delicacy from Aveiro District, Portugal, made of egg yolks and sugar, and sometimes chocolate.
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