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Mató de Pedralbes () or mató de monja, is a typical dessert from
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) made with flavoured and sweetened milk. The dish is believed to have been created in the nineteenth century, by nuns of the convent in Barcelona's prestigious
Pedralbes Pedralbes (, Old Catalan for ''white stones'') is a neighborhood in '' Les Corts'' district of Barcelona, Catalonia (Spain). Before the administrative division of 1984, the neighborhood was part of Sarrià and the former municipality of Sant Vice ...
neighbourhood. It was intended as a richer, finer alternative to the older and popular
crema catalana The dessert known in most of Spain as ''crema catalana'' ("Catalan cream"), but as ''crema cremada'' ("burnt cream") in Catalan cuisine, is similar to a ''crème brûlée''; the desserts have been called "virtually identical", although ''crema c ...
. Despite its name, this dessert bears no relationship to Catalan
mató cheese Mató () is a fresh cheese of Catalonia made from sheep' or goats' milk, with no salt added. It is usually served with honey, as a traditional and emblematic Catalan dessert known as . Description and origin Mató is a whey cheese similar t ...
, as ''mató'' ('curd' in Catalan) here refers to the shape and texture of this dessert taken out of the mould.


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Catalan cuisine Catalan cuisine is the cuisine from Catalonia. It may also refer to the shared cuisine of Northern Catalonia and Andorra, the second of which has a similar cuisine to that of the neighbouring Alt Urgell and Cerdanya ''comarques'' and which i ...
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List of custard desserts This is a list of custard desserts, comprising prepared desserts that use custard as a primary ingredient. Custard is a variety of culinary preparations based on a cooked mixture of milk or cream and egg or egg yolk. Custard desserts Fil ...


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