Snack · 60 min · portuguese

Toucinho do Céu

This is the kind of Portuguese snack you’ll make on repeat — sugar and water, 60 minutes, big payoff. It is weeknight cooking that still hits your targets — 14 grams of protein per serving. Naturally vegetarian, it scales cleanly if you are cooking for more than one.

✓ USDA-verified nutrition data

Ingredients

• 2 cups Sugar
• 1 cup Water
• 2 cups Almonds
• 8 Egg yolks
• 2 tbsp Butter
• 1 tsp Cinnamon
• 1/4 cup Powdered sugar

Steps

1. Boil the sugar and water to a light syrup; cool slightly.
2. Grind the almonds fine and stir into the syrup with the cinnamon.
3. Whisk in the yolks off the heat — the mixture should be thick and golden.
4. Pour into a buttered dish and bake at 350 degrees 25 minutes until set with a trembling center.
5. Cool completely; the cake firms as it rests.
6. Dust with powdered sugar; bacon from heaven, despite the name, has no bacon at all.

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