A ''filhó'' (or ''filhós'' in plural) is a traditional
dessert in
Portugal
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and
Northeastern Brazil.
''Filhós'' are usually made by forming balls from a mixture of
flour and
egg
An egg is an organic vessel grown by an animal to carry a possibly fertilized egg cell (a zygote) and to incubate from it an embryo within the egg until the embryo has become an animal fetus that can survive on its own, at which point the a ...
s. When the dough has risen, the balls are
deep fried
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and sprinkled with a mixture of
sugar and
cinnamon.
This is a traditional Christmas bake in Portugal.
The Brazilian variety is not sprinkled and is usually covered with
honey
Honey is a sweet and viscous substance made by several bees, the best-known of which are honey bees. Honey is made and stored to nourish bee colonies. Bees produce honey by gathering and then refining the sugary secretions of plants (primar ...
or with melted
rapadura
Panela () or rapadura (Portuguese pronunciation: ) is an unrefined whole cane sugar, typical of Central and Latin America. It is a solid form of sucrose derived from the boiling and evaporation of sugarcane juice. Panela is known by other na ...
(which in
Brazilian Portuguese
Brazilian Portuguese (' ), also Portuguese of Brazil (', ) or South American Portuguese (') is the set of varieties of the Portuguese language native to Brazil and the most influential form of Portuguese worldwide. It is spoken by almost all of ...
is usually called "mel de rapadura").
See also
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List of doughnut varieties
Doughnuts are a type of fried dough food. The following is a list of doughnut varieties.
Variations and specialties by region
The terms below constitute either names for different doughnut types created using local recipes, or for the local la ...
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Ganmodoki
is a fried tofu fritter made with vegetables, such as carrots, lotus roots and burdock. It may also contain egg. ''Ganmodoki'' means ''pseudo-goose'' ( + ). This is because ganmodoki is said to taste like goose; compare mock turtle soup. ''Ga ...
, named after filhós in parts of Japan
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Malasada
A malasada ( pt, malassada, from "'' mal- assada''" = "badly-baked"; similar to filhós), sometimes called "Portuguese fried dough," is a Portuguese confection. It is a fried type of doughnut, made of flattened rounds of yeast dough, flavoured ...
, of
Madeiran origin
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References
External links
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Portuguese desserts
Christmas food
Doughnuts
Squash and pumpkin dishes
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