The Queen of Hearts she made some tarts...
There is a Portuguese tart that once tried is hard to forget. Small bites of crisp, light, flaky pastry that is brim-filled with a slick, rich, creamy filling. They take only three bites to eat and taken with an espresso, they are a truly beautiful thing. The story told of these little tarts is that originally they were created by Catholic nuns at the ‘Jeronomós Monastery’ in Belém, Lisbon. After the closure of the monastery in 1837 the ‘Casa dos Pastéis de Belém’ opened its wide doors, and they have been open wide ever since serving these world famous delicious tarts. It is The No.1 place in Lisbon to eat them, people travel distances and the queues are known to be long. Here, in England they can be found in the early morning hours in ‘Little Portugal’, an area situated on Stockwell Road near Brixton in London. Tray upon tray of these heavenly little bites are relentlessly hauled from their scorching ovens and are up for grabs each morning. My love for
