Ovos moles de Aveiro, are a local pastry delicacy from Aveiro District, Portugal, made of egg yolks and sugar. This mixture is then put inside small rice paper casings or wheat flour casings similar to communion wafers shaped into nautical shapes such as shells.
This is a typical pastry in the area and comes from the ancient feminine convents in Aveiro. After the nun communities were extinguished, the recipe passed on from generation to generation and it has been kept alive until today. Confectioners were inspired by their closeness to the lagoon and sea elements to transform, with their magic fingers, thin layers of host into shells, whelks, fish or clams and fill them with this golden voluptuous dough.
Another way of tasting this delicacy is by eating it from small pots made of wood or porcelain, decorated with paintings which show the Lagoon, moliceiros (traditional boats) or Barra Light.
