Gourmet products local specialties and wines Flores

The first thing that greets you is the smell of raw milk, and then Ilda, all smiles. Trained as a pastry chef, she didn't start making cheese until it was too late to use her cows' milk. Her cheese is now exported as far afield as the United States. You can visit this small artisan cheese dairy. Ilda produces not only fresh cheese, but also an extraordinary matured cheese. Its secret is a short ripening period, between 15 days and three months, which gives it a very special flavor, very different from other Azorean cheeses.

Located just north of Lajes, in the village of Lomba, this patisserie is packed with gourmet treats: cookies, pasteis de nata, pineapple tarts, but above all... Florentina! This is the name given by Maria, the pastry chef, to her creation: the first queijadas from the island of Flores. A queijada is a traditional Azorean cake, a crunchy crust filled with a sweet fresh cheese pastry. Maria only uses cheese from the island's two artisanal cheese dairies. The result is a real delicacy, which we strongly recommend you try!