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pastel

Plural: pastéis

Language: Portuguese

Description: Pastry often stuffed with minced chicken, meat or cheese and fried.

pastel
Amazingly pretty cakes, with many thanks to the truly beautiful pâtisserie Sadaharu in Paris

Pronounced: pash-TAY-ish

Ethnicity: Brazilian, Portuguese

Most frequent country: Brazil, Portugal

See places: Portuguese food and cuisine, Brazilian food and cuisine

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