For today's culinary tour we are off to Portugal!!!
We have a bakery in the area that is renowned for their confectionery and take away meals. People in Cape Town should all know the Coimbra in Claremont ( If you don't, make a plan to get there!!!)
I popped in recently to have a cup of coffee, when out of the bakery came this heavenly smell of vanilla and lemon. Soon to follow was a tray full of these delicious-looking, icing-sugar dusted cakes. The baker told me that they are called Bolo de Arroz of loosely translated: "Portuguese Rice muffins." Of course I had to buy a couple and on my way back home, I could see visions of Bolo de Arroz with homemade lemon curd and strong black coffee.
The cake was yellow and reminded me of a corn muffin yet the taste was far superior and "cakier". It had hints of vanilla and lemon and tasted utterly sublime with this lemon curd. I was unsuccessful in finding a recipe for Bolo de Arroz, so if anyone can help, I will be most grateful.
I wanted an easy yet rich lemon curd recipe and I found just that on House of Annie. I like the recipe, because it is super easy and requires no " beating over a pot of simmering water". The curd is made on the stove top on a very low setting and the result is creamy and smooth..just the way I envisaged it.
Bolo de Arroz or Portuguese rice muffin
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21 comments:
This looks so delicious!!! Yum Yum,....MMMMMMMMM....I want 1 or 2 with my afternoon coffee for later on, Can I?
If U close my eyes really tight I can imagine myself in the Algarve:D
Wow, I've never seen this before but it sounds fantastic. I wish I had that for breakfast today instead of a granola bar, lol! Yum!
Can I come over for breakfast? This looks like my dream treat - it looks INCREDIBLE Nina.
Wow, this look incredibly good. I want to try to make it myself. Delicious.
Cheers,
Elra
Oh wow, Nina, that looks so good - cakes and lemon are an awesome combination!
Beautiful looking cakes, and I'm glad that you liked our lemon curd recipe!
Nina, this is a new one for me too! Good thing we have a sizeable Portuguese community. I'll ask around and have a sampling.
This recipe reminds me that spring is coming.
These sound great. My somewhat hesitant bet is that you could approximate these by making your favorite yellow sponge cake and subbing a bit of rice flour for plain flour and adding some lemon zest. That's just based on your description of the texture. I can imagine that the lemon curd was lovely with them:)
Superb Click..my I cant take my eyes off the dish..:)..Pls keep 'em coming..:)
First time here Nina..I am seeing so many lovely things around..:)
I love lemon in anything, and this looks delicious! Wish I had one right now. Lovely pictures, too!
wow i love those pics..i am drooling here dear
I recently came accross your blog and have been reading along. I thought I would leave my first comment. I dont know what to say except that I have enjoyed reading. Nice blog. I will keep visiting this blog very often.
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This looks so tasty!
Hi,
I found your blog today on Foodgawker, it looks delicious.
Bolo de Arroz is one of the most tradicional cakes in portuguese pastry. I found a recipe for you (at: http://www.podcomer.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=629)but is in portuguese, i'll translate it for you and send it as soon as possible.
Bolo de Arroz with lemon curd must be belicious.
Regards from Lisbon Portugal
Moira
[groan of pleasure] Oh that lemon curd looks spectacular!! Definitely want to give the stove-top method a try as it sounds a lot easier :)
The muffins sound wonderful. I'll have to look for a recipe for them.
As I promissed, here is the translation of two recipes of Bolo de Arroz. I’m not shure wich one is the best, i would trust on the second one, but adding the zest of the lemon.
Regards
Bolo de Arroz - Original Recipe at: http://www.podcomer.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=629)
Ingredients:
100 g margarine
250 g sugar
1 dessert spoon of baking powder
Zest of 1 lemon
4 eggs
150 ml of milk
300 g of wheat flour
60 g of rice flour
margarine and sugar
How to make:
Beat the margarine with the sugar. Add the lemon zest and eggs, one by one. Add milk, the flours, and the baking powder. Let rest 30 min. Pre-heat the oven to 180 ยบ C, grease little moulds and lining them with a layer of paper. Put the mass in each of them, sprinkled with sugar and bake for a light to 30 min.
Bolos de Arroz - Original Recipe at: http://www.vaqueiro.pt/receitas/receita_detail.aspx?id=2835
Ingredients:
8 units.
125 g of sugar + the necessary to powder the cakes
70 g of margarine
3 eggs
150 g of rice flour
50 g flour
1 dessert spoon of baking powder
Preparation:
Turn on the oven and set it to 180 ° C.
Cut 8 strips of paper plant closed with 30 x 5 cm. Fold the strips in half, wrap and staples the ends to obtain some cylinders with 5 cm high.
Beat the sugar with the margarine to a smooth and creamy whitish. Add eggs, one at a time when beating. Add the rice flour, the flour and baking powder and stir well.
Lining a tray in the oven with vegetable wax paper, place the cylinder on top of paper. Distribute the weight of the inner cylinder of paper with the help of a spoon and bring bake for about 30 minutes. About 10 minutes before the end of, powder the cakes with sugar.
That rice muffin looks nice and moist and tender and good!
Looks fluffy and yummy!
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