Snack · 45 min · portuguese

Ovos Moles

Dinner decisions, handled: Ovos Moles pairs sugar with water for a 45-minute Portuguese snack. At 311 calories and 10g protein per serving, it fits easily into a high-protein day. Naturally vegetarian, it scales cleanly if you are cooking for more than one.

✓ USDA-verified nutrition data

Ingredients

• 2 cups Sugar
• 1 cup Water
• 12 Egg yolks
• 8 sheets Spring roll wrappers
• 1 tsp Cinnamon

Steps

1. Boil the sugar and water to a thread-stage syrup; it should spin a thread between your fingers.
2. Cool slightly, then whisk in the yolks off the heat, stirring constantly.
3. Return to low heat and stir until the mixture thickens enough to coat a spoon — never let it boil.
4. Cool completely; the filling should be glossy and pipeable.
5. Pipe onto rice paper rounds, fold, and trim into traditional shell shapes.
6. Dust with cinnamon; Aveiro nuns invented these, and the recipe barely changed in centuries.

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