{{short description|Portuguese confection}} {{Infobox prepared food | name = Queijadinha | image = File:Queijadinha SV300005.jpg | caption = Brazilian queijadinha | alternate_name = | country = Brazil, Portugal | region = | creator = | course = | type = Custard tart | served = | main_ingredient = Coconut, cheese, sweetened condensed milk, sugar, butter, egg yolks | variations = | calories = | other = }}
'''Queijadinha''' is a custard tart which originated in Brazil.<ref>{{cite book |title=The Oxford Companion to Sugar and Sweets |date=2015 |isbn=978-0-19-931339-6 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jbi6BwAAQBAJ&dq=Queijadinha+custard+tart&pg=PA72|last1=Goldstein |first1=Darra |publisher=Oxford University Press }}</ref> There are many types of "queijadinhas", but the traditional one is prepared with these main ingredients: grated coconut and cheese, sweetened condensed milk, sugar, butter and egg yolks. Queijadinhas are very common in bakeries and children's parties.
Queijada de Sintra is a type of queijada pastry made in Sintra, Portugal.
==See also== * Queijada - a similar Portuguese sweet * Cocada - another coconut-based confection popular in Latin America * List of Brazilian sweets and desserts
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Category:Brazilian desserts Category:Cheese desserts Category:Coconut desserts Category:Milk desserts Category:Portuguese confectionery Category:Custard tart
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