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{{Short description|Portuguese sweet bread with sugar and cinnamon}}
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| name             = Velhote
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| region           = [[Valadares (Vila Nova de Gaia)|Valadares]], [[Vila Nova de Gaia]]
| creator          = Maria Francisca da Silva
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| main_ingredient  = [[Flour]], [[Egg (food)|eggs]], lemon juice, [[sugar]], [[cinnamon]]
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'''Velhote''' is a typical dessert of the parish of [[Valadares (Vila Nova de Gaia)|Valadares]], [[Vila Nova de Gaia]], Portugal.  Velhotes are a kind of sweet bread with sugar and cinnamon. They are typically served on Saturdays and by the time of [[Sr. dos Aflitos]], Valadares' most important religious feast.
Velhotes were baked for the first time in the 1880s by Maria Francisca da Silva, a "Braguesa" (a lady who came from [[Braga]]) and soon became popular. Only a little of the velhote's history is known, but the legend says that when king [[Carlos I of Portugal|Carlos I]] and Queen [[Amélie of Orleans]] came to Porto, they ate velhotes.
==Recipe==
The original recipe included flour, sugar, eggs, cinnamon, lemon juice, yeast and [[saffron]], but the way of baking this sweet bread has changed a lot since the 19th century.
==Confraria dos Velhotes==
There is a "confraria gastronómica" (gastronomic brotherhood) in Valadares ([[Confraria Gastronómica do Velhote]]) which intends to dignify and spread the existence of the velhote as a typical sweet.
==External links==
* [http://www.cgvelhote.com/ Website of Confraria Gastronómica do Velhote (in Portuguese)]
* [http://www.valadaresemfoco.com/mnu13505.php Tale about Velhotes' origins (in Portuguese)]
[[Category:Sweet breads]]
[[Category:Yeast breads]]
[[Category:Valadares (Vila Nova de Gaia)]]
[[Category:Portuguese desserts]]
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