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Areias

Traditional dish from Portugal

About Areias

Portuguese sandie cake-like pastries

Areias are small traditional Portuguese pastries similar to cakes and biscuits. They are commonly coated with coarse-grain sugar, and sometimes cinnamon, which resemble sand for which areias are named after.

Key Ingredients

  • sugar
  • egg yolk
  • Prunus amygdalus

Dietary Information

Traditional Portugal cuisine

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