Pastel de Tentúgal (Tentúgal pastry) is a Portuguese pastry originating in

Tentúgal Tentúgal is a parish of Montemor-o-Velho Municipality, Coimbra District, Portugal. The population in 2011 was 2,141, in an area of 34.29 km². The village is well known in Portugal for its old and unique conventual cakes, most notably the ' ...

, in the municipality of

Montemor-o-Velho Montemor-o-Velho (), officially the Town of Montemor-o-Velho (), is a town and municipality of the Coimbra District, in Portugal. The population of the municipality in 2011 was 26,171, in an area of 228.96 km². History In 711, the Arab oc ...

. This conventual sweet was first created sometime in the 16th century by

Carmelite nuns The Order of the Brothers of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Mount Carmel (; abbreviated OCarm), known as the Carmelites or sometimes by synecdoche known simply as Carmel, is a mendicant order in the Catholic Church for both men and women. Histor ...

at the Convento de Nossa Senhora do Carmo. It is made of a sweet ovos moles filling consisting of egg yolks and sugar, wrapped in a paper-thin dough.

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Portuguese desserts Custard desserts {{portugal-dessert-stub