a thin crust pie baked in a wood-fired brick oven, the pizza portuguesa has almost no sauce, and is often topped with ingredients that would give traditionalists pause, such as hard boiled egg and sheep's milk cheese.  

sweet tooths can easily be slated with pudim de leite, a brazilian take on the flan, that beloved desert of all latin america. the traditional pudim carioca is slightly sweeter than its counterparts from spanish-speaking countries, and is often found with coconut and other ingredients mixed in.