Pao de lo de Ovar (Portugese creamy sponge cake)
Pao de lo is an awesome dish. I really love it and first tried it at the restaurant called Wolf984. However, I find the portion a bit too big and thought that they took a bit too long to make the dessert. The second time I had the dish was at Ukiyo as a dessert as well, the portion much smaller. It has much more savory taste akin to Japanese tamago you eat at the end of an omakase meal. So I thought to myself, why not try to make an even smaller one so that it is bite sized and not too much. Thus, my mini version is born!
Ingredients(30)
10 egg yolks
3 whole eggs
100g flour
200g sugar (the finer the better)
1 tsp salt
Steps
Preheat oven to 250c (~475F)
Combine eggs and sugar in a bowl and whisk it with either whisking or hand mixer until it’s smooth and creamy. You want the viscosity to be a bit thick but smooth similar to hand whipped cream.
Sift in flour + salt and gently fold it into the mix thoroughly.
Use parchment paper and make tiny pockets in a muffin tray. You want the parchment to be a bit higher (2cm) than the actual hole. Pour the mix in until it reaches the height of the muffin tray.
Bake the tray in the oven for 4-5 minutes. Be careful to not let it burn. Your oven might vary.
Take the tray out and let the bread rest for 2 - 3 minutes.
Serve!
