Queijadinha
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| type = Custard tart
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| main_ingredient = Coconut, cheese, sweetened condensed milk, sugar, butter, egg yolks
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Queijadinha is a custard tart which originated in Brazil.{{cite book |title=The Oxford Companion to Sugar and Sweets |date=2015 |isbn=978-0-19-931339-6 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jbi6BwAAQBAJ&dq=Queijadinha+custard+tart&pg=PA72|last1=Goldstein |first1=Darra |publisher=Oxford University Press }} There are many types of "queijadinhas", but the traditional one is prepared with these main ingredients: grated coconut and cheese, sweetened condensed milk, sugar, butter and egg yolks. Queijadinhas are very common in bakeries and children's parties.
Queijada de Sintra is a type of queijada pastry made in Sintra, Portugal.
See also
- Queijada - a similar Portuguese sweet
- Cocada - another coconut-based confection popular in Latin America
- List of Brazilian sweets and desserts
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