A typical Portuguese sweet, with excellent presentation, very nice and easy to prepare, confectioned with angel hair pasta, milk and eggs, with a slight cinnamon aroma.
Aletria (angel hair pasta sweet)
A typical Portuguese sweet, with excellent presentation, very nice and easy to prepare, confectioned with angel hair pasta, milk and eggs, with a slight cinnamon aroma.
(17 votes, 3.94 out of 5)
Servings:: 6
Prep Time:
10 m
Cook Time:
15 m
Total Time:
30 m
Ingredients: cinnamon, cinnamon stick, eggs, lemon, liquid caramel, milk, pasta, sugar
Ingredients
- 125 grams (4 1/2 ounces) angel hair pasta
- 2 tablespoons margarine
- 500 ml (about 2 cups) milk
- 125 grams (1/2 cup) granulated sugar
- Lemon peel
- 3 egg yolks
- Cinnamon powder (to taste)
- 1 cinnamon stick
- 1 teaspoon liquid caramel
Directions
- In a saucepan, place the milk, lemon peel, margarine, cinnamon stick, sugar and the liquid caramel. Stir with a wooden spoon, bring the pan over medium-high heat and simmer. When starts boiling, add the angel hair pasta, stir and cook about 10 minutes (stir once in a while for the pasta don’t stick to the pan).
- When the pasta is cooked and the milk slightly creamy, remove from heat and allow to cool about five minutes.
- Beat with a fork the egg yolks and mix quickly in the pasta. Place the angel hair pasta on a plate and garnish with cinnamon powder.
- Let cool and serve.
Aletria (angel hair pasta sweet)
Nutrition facts
Serves 6
Per Serving:
% DAILY VALUE
Calories 238
Total Fat 8 g(12%)
Saturated Fat 2.5 g(12%)
Cholesterol 127 mg(42%)
Sodium 89 mg(4%)
Total Carbohydrate 37 g(12%)
Protein 6.5 g
