Malassada
sonho, fried dough , cascoréis da Guarda |
Malassada is a Portuguese fried pastry from the Azores. It is a type of doughnut, made of flattened rounds of yeasted dough, coated with sugar and cinnamon or accompanied with molasses.[1]
The name malassada is often used interchangeably with
History
The malassada is believed to be derived from the
Malassadas were first described in the Dicionário Houaiss da Língua Portuguesa in 1609, and recorded in the ledgers of the Convento da Encarnação in Lisbon between 1688 and 1762.[7] The Gastronomia Tradicional da Madeira e do Porto Santo describes the mal-assada (lit. 'badly-baked') referring to the "undercooked" dough inside.[8] However, another version asserts it was previously made using mel (Portuguese: molasses), having been named melassadas or melaçadas.[1]
Historically, malassadas were
By region
Hawaii
In 1878, Portuguese laborers from Madeira and the Azores immigrated to Hawaii to work in the plantations.[7] They brought with them their traditional foods, including malassadas―where it is now commonly spelled as malasadas.[10] In the past, Catholic Portuguese immigrants shared it with friends of other ethnicities in the plantation camps.[11]
Today, there are numerous bakeries in the Hawaiian Islands specializing in malassadas where it is made around the year.[12] While traditional Portuguese malassadas do not have any type of filling, in Hawaii they are smaller but proportionally thicker, are sometimes filled with custard or creams flavored with coconut, chocolate, passion fruit, guava, or pineapple.[13] In Hawaii, "Fat Tuesday" is known as "Malasada Day".[11]
North America
In the United States, malassadas are cooked in many Portuguese homes on Fat Tuesday. It is a tradition where the older children take the warm doughnuts and roll them in sugar while the eldest woman – mother or grandmother – cooks them.
On the East Coast, in Rhode Island and Southeastern Massachusetts, there is a high population of Portuguese-Americans. Festivals in cities such as New Bedford and Fall River will often serve Portuguese cuisine, including malassadas.[14]
See also
- Sfenj – Maghrebi fried doughnut rings
- Carnival of Madeira
- Filhós– Fried doughnut of Portuguese origin
- Leonard's Bakery – Portuguese bakery in Honolulu, founded in 1952, famous for popularizing the malasada in Hawaii
- Portuguese cuisine – Culinary traditions of Portugal
- Portuguese sweet bread – Various Portuguese sweet breads
References
- ^ an official Portuguese governmental office that inventories and defines the many traditional foods of Portugal
- ^ a b c Fernandes, Daniel. "Malassadas". Produtos Tradicionais Portugueses (in Portuguese). Direção-Geral de Agricultura e Desenvolvimento Rural. Retrieved 20 October 2023.
- ISBN 978-1-62414-194-2. Retrieved 20 October 2023.
- ^ Fernandes, Daniel. "Filhoses". Produtos Tradicionais Portugueses. Direção-Geral de Agricultura e Desenvolvimento Rural. Retrieved 20 October 2023.
- ^ Fernandes, Daniel. "Cascoréis da Guarda". Produtos Tradicionais Portugueses. Direção-Geral de Agricultura e Desenvolvimento Rural. Retrieved 21 October 2023.
- ISBN 978-989-53123-2-0. Retrieved 20 October 2023.
- hdl:10400.3/6224. Retrieved 20 October 2023.
- ^ ISBN 978-989-26-1190-7.
- ^ Gastronomia Tradicional da Madeira e do Porto Santo. Funchal: Servico de Publicacoes da DRAC (Coord.), SRCC e DRAC. 2013.
- ^ Vieira, Michael J. (February 17, 2022). "Malassadas and more at Somerset's Saint John of God Parish". Fall River Herald News. Retrieved 20 October 2023.
- ISBN 978-1-931752-37-4.
- ^ ISBN 978-1-58008-935-7.
- ISBN 978-0-8248-1778-7.
- ^ "Malasadas | Leonard's Bakery". www.leonardshawaii.com. Retrieved 20 October 2023.
- ISBN 978-0-7611-4168-6.
(2010) Patrick Andrews - "Pioneering the Malasada" Queensland, Australia. 2010