Ovos Moles de Aveiro Recipe
Made with just 3 ingredients, This Classic Traditional Portuguese Ovos moles de Aveiro recipe also referred to as doce de ovos has a creamy smooth texture that is so addictive. Ovos Moles pastry cream can be used as a filling or topping for cakes, donuts and pastries. This iconic Portuguese delicacy pastry cream is traditionally used to fill wafer shells with distinctive shapes throughout the Alentejo region of Portugal. If your looking for the best Portuguese pastry cream, Oves Moles is the one.
Ingredients
- OVOS MOLES DE AVEIRO
- 150 grams egg yolk from 9 large eggs
- 125 grams water
- 250 grams granulated sugar
- OVOS MOLES DE AVEIRO WAFER SHELLS
- 240 grams pastry flour 2 cups
- 150 grams water 3/4 cup
- 30 grams oil or olive oil 2 tablespoons
Instructions
- Ovos Moles Pastry Cream: Add sugar followed by the water into a medium-size stainless steel pot, and stir until the sugar dissolves.
- Bring the syrup to a boil on medium heat or until the temperature reaches 107°C (225°F). Simple trick, once you notice the syrup beginning to boil, remove it from the heat 5 minutes later.
- Remove the pot from the heat and allow the sugar syrup to slightly cool down to about 60°C (140°F)
- In the meantime, pass the egg yolks through a sieve into a clean dried bowl.
- Gradually and slowly add the sugar syrup into the egg yolks stirring constantly with a spatula until well mixed. When preparing pastry creams, always add hot to cold, not cold to hot.
- Pour the egg mixture back into the pot and cook on medium-low heat stirring constantly until the mixture begins to thicken about 5-7 minutes. Do not bring to a boil, you can reduce the heat to low.
- The ovos moles pastry cream is ready when you pass the spatula across the bottom and leaves a clean streak with both sides separating.
- Transfer the pastry cream into a bowl and cover with plastic wrap. Allow cooling in the refrigerator until ready to use.
- To Make Tradtional Ovos De Mole Pastry: Fill Aveiro Wafer Shells with the pastry cream, add the top layer and trim off the shells with a scissor. If you don’t have the premade shells, follow the below recipe to make the wafer dough.
- Make The Ovos Mole Wafer Dough: Add the flour, water, and oil into a mixing bowl with a hook attachment and mix the dough for about 6 minutes until it is fully developed.
- Alternatively, you can the flour into a bowl. Create a well in the center and add the remaining dough ingredients.
- Mix the ingredients using a spatula until the flour absorbs the liquids, then transfer to a floured working surface and knead by hand for about 10 minutes.
- Once the dough is mixed, slightly flatten and refrigerate for 20 minutes.
- Using a rolling pin, sheet the dough very thin to about 1mm, then cut discs with a 3-inch round cookie cutter.
- Fill each disk with 1 teaspoon of ovos moles pastry and fold over to resemble a patty.
- Place on a lined baking sheet and bake for 3-5 minutes at 150°C (300°F) or until wafers are light golden brown.
- Serve and Enjoy!!
