Queijadas are small Portuguese cheese pastries, and the Sintra version is known for a fresh cheese, egg, sugar and cinnamon filling in a thin shell. Serve it with espresso or tea.
Queijadas de Sintra (Portuguese Cheese Tartlets)
Baking
Pies tarts
Medium
Your note
Edit
A thin, easy hot-water dough is pressed into muffin tins and filled with a cinnamon-scented fresh cheese custard. They bake until golden and just set. Makes 12 tartlets in about 1 hr 35 min.
Prep
40 min
Cook
25 min
Cooling
30 min
Total
1 hr 35 min
Yield
12 tartlets
Ingredients
Adjust yield
tartlets
Scales from a half to a double batch. Laminated and yeasted doughs are easiest to handle one batch at a time; bake extra pans in rounds.
- 2 cups (250 g)all-purpose flour, for the dough
- 7 tbsp (100 ml)warm water
- ¼ tsp (2 g)salt
- 1 (50 g)egg
- 1 tbsp (15 g)unsalted butter, melted
- 10 ½ oz (300 g)whole-milk ricotta or fresh cheese, very well drained
- ¾ cup (150 g)granulated sugar
- 4 (72 g)egg yolks
- 2 tbsp (15 g)all-purpose flour, for the filling
- ¾ tsp (2 g)ground cinnamon, for the filling
- ½ tsp (1 g)ground cinnamon, for dusting, for the finish
Fresh ingredient guides
Baking tools for this recipe
Instructions
- Mix the dough flour and salt, add the egg, melted butter and warm water, and knead 5 minutes until smooth. Cover and rest 30 minutes.
- Heat the oven to 400 F (200 C) and grease a 12-cup muffin tin.
- Roll the dough very thin (about 1/16 inch / 1.5 mm), cut 4 1/2-inch (11 cm) rounds, and press one into each cup so the edge stands slightly above the rim.
- Beat the drained cheese, sugar, yolks, flour and cinnamon until smooth.
- Fill each shell about three-quarters full.
- Bake 18 to 20 minutes until the edges are golden and the filling is set with dark spots. Cool in the tin 5 minutes, then move to a rack.
- Dust with cinnamon. Serve at room temperature.
Tips
- Drain the cheese in a fine sieve for 30 minutes so the filling is not watery.
- Roll the shell thin; it should be tender and crisp.
- Dark flecks on top are traditional.
- Bake until the filling is set and registers 160 F (71 C) because it contains egg yolks.
Made this?
Log it to keep your bakes, ratings and notes together in My Kitchen.
Be the first to share one.
How did it turn out?
Recipe FAQ
How long does it take to make queijadas de sintra (portuguese cheese tartlets)?
Plan on 40 minutes of prep and 25 minutes of cooking, plus 30 minutes to chill. The recipe makes 12 tartlets.
How should I store queijadas de sintra (portuguese cheese tartlets)?
Refrigerate, covered, up to 3 days. Bring to room temperature before serving.
Can I make queijadas de sintra (portuguese cheese tartlets) ahead?
It is at its best the day it is made; prepare it a few hours before serving.
Estimated · per serving
Nutrition
Per serving = 1 of 12 servings this recipe makes.
207
Calories / serving
6.5g
Fat
30.4g
Carbs
6.5g
Protein
12.7g
Sugar
Whole recipe (12 servings): ~2484 cal · 78g fat · 365g carbs · 78g protein · 152g sugar
Estimated values per serving, calculated from standard ingredient data. Not verified Nutrition Facts; actual values vary with brands, measurements, and preparation.
Made with VanillaGoods
Recipe Rating
0 commentsNo comments yet — be the first to share how this turned out for you.
Leave a comment