Best Portuguese Bacon From Heaven Toucinho Do Ceu Recipes
PORTUGUESE ALMOND CAKE (TOUCINHO DO CéU)
Bakers in Portugal make over 200 different types of pastries and other baked goods, and most of them can trace their origins to the time of the arrival of the Moors. By the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, convents were employing women and nuns to make sweets to help support their abbeys and charity work, and sold everything from behind cloistered gates. Even today, many of the desserts still have names with religious connotations like toucinho do céu, which means "heaven's lard" or "bacon from heaven." The name is two-fold, because it uses pork lard to make the cake and also because it is an unbelievably delicious treat - and one of the most popular and traditional Portuguese desserts in existence.This recipe comes courtesy of EasyPortugueseRecipes.com.
Provided by Matt Sulem
Yield 6
Number Of Ingredients 11
Steps:
- Preheat the oven to 325ºF.
- Line a cake mold with parchment paper. Grease with butter and dust lightly with flour.
- Bring the water, sugar, salt, and pork lard to a boil in a big saucepan. Add the ground almonds.
- Stir gently but constantly, over medium-low heat, until the almond mixture starts to thicken and you can expose the bottom of the pan by stirring, or about 2 minutes.
- Remove the pan from the heat and add the butter. Mix until the butter is melted and blended well.
- In a medium bowl, lightly whisk the yolks and eggs. Pour into the almond mixture and mix with a spatula.
- Add the amaretto and orange zest and stir well.
- Pour the batter into the prepared pan. Bake until the cake is firm in the center and the top is lightly golden brown, or about 28-30 minutes (if you over-bake it, the cake becomes chewy).
- Remove the pan from the oven and let it cool. After the cake has cooled for about 20 minutes, invert the cake onto a platter. Lift off the pan, peel off the parchment paper, and invert the cake on a serving plate with the topside up.
- Cut the cake into wedges. Serve at room temperature and enjoy.
Nutrition Facts : ServingSize 1 serving, Calories 491 calories, Sugar 43 g, Fat 30 g, Carbohydrate 49 g, Cholesterol 199 mg, Fiber 4 g, Protein 10 g, SaturatedFat 9 g, Sodium 77 mg, TransFat 0.3 g
PORTUGUESE 'BACON FROM HEAVEN' (TOUCINHO DO CEU)
No one knows where the name of this dish came from. Some people think it originally contained bacon, and others insist that the bacon in the title is simply a metaphor for something delicious. Regardless of its history, it remains popular in Portugal and Brazil. Adapted from Worldwide Recipes.
Provided by TxGriffLover
Categories Dessert
Time 40m
Yield 6-8 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 6
Steps:
- Combine the sugar and water in a saucepan and cook over.
- moderate heat, stirring frequently, until the sugar is dissolved.
- Add the ground almonds and cook for 5 minutes, stirring frequently,.
- until the mixture is thick and translucent. Set aside to cool.
- Add the eggs and cinnamon, stirring to combine, and cook over the.
- lowest possible heat, stirring frequently, until the mixture has.
- thickened, about 10 minutes - do not boil. Pour into an 8-inch spring form pan that has been buttered and coated with sugar.
- Bake in a preheated 350F (180C) oven until firm to the touch, 15.
- to 20 minutes. Cool to room temperature before removing from the.
- pan. Serve at room temperature.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 621.9, Fat 31.2, SaturatedFat 4.3, Cholesterol 314.7, Sodium 26.3, Carbohydrate 77.5, Fiber 5.2, Sugar 69.2, Protein 14.7
TOUCINHO DO CEU (HEAVENLY FAT)
Fancifully named toucinho do céu (bacon from heaven), one of Portugal's rich egg-yolk custards. Name derives from earlier times when lard *bacon* was used in making this dish. Posted for ZWT3.
Provided by Caroline Cooks
Categories Dessert
Time 1h5m
Yield 4-6 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 5
Steps:
- Preheat the oven to 325F.; lightly grease 9" pie dish.
- Place sugar and water in a saucepan, bring slowly to boil; boil rapidly for 5-10 minutes until syrup sticks to a spoon. Remove from heat, allow cool slightly; add almonds and egg yolks and mix well.
- Return to a low heat and cook, stirring until slightly thickened.
- Add cinnamon, if using.
- Transfer to prepared pie dish and bake for 45 minutes or until firm.
- Allow to cool before serving.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 724.4, Fat 34.4, SaturatedFat 3.5, Cholesterol 124.5, Sodium 211.3, Carbohydrate 98.2, Fiber 6.6, Sugar 87.9, Protein 14.5
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