Pastries

Empada

Empada de perdiz

Brazil

A small crumbly shortcrust pie filled with shredded chicken, heart of palm or cheese, baked in fluted molds and sold at padarias and beach kiosks.

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Empada sticker illustration

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What it is

A closer look at Empada.

A small crumbly shortcrust pie filled with shredded chicken, heart of palm or cheese, baked in fluted molds and sold at padarias and beach kiosks.

What to look for

Know it when you find it.

Palm-sized golden pies with fragile buttery crusts; break one open to a puff of steam and a moist savory filling.

Where it belongs

Origins and
traditions.

Food rarely respects a border. These are the places the dataset connects most strongly to Empada.

Native to

Brazil

Country-wide tradition

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Traditional in

Portugal

Country-wide tradition

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Names around the table

One food, more than one name.

Empadaprimary
Empadalocal · 🇧🇷
Empada de perdizlocal · 🇵🇹

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