Malasadas and Doughnuts | Leonard's Bakery (2024)

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What is the difference between a donut and a malasada? ›

A malasada is a Portugese doughnut without a hole.

Leonard's Bakery is a Portuguese bakery in Honolulu, Hawaii, known for popularizing the malasada. The fried pastry, slightly crispier and chewier than a doughnut and with no hole, is known as a cuisine of Hawaii.

The bakery actually belongs to Meyers Leonard's family. Can't believe they fell for it lmao.

On Mardi Gras, the day before Lent begins, some Portuguese Catholics would make doughnuts to use up all of the lard and sugar in the house. They called the fried dough balls malasadas, which means, “poorly cooked.” The name is perhaps a reference to the combo of a golden-brown exterior and doughier interior.

The poi malasadas here are to die for. It's like a regular malasada but purple inside because of the taro.

Hawaiian Malasadas taste best the day they are made. You can extend the shelf-life by storing the malasada in an airtight container, either at room temperature for 3 days or in the refrigerator for up to 5 days. If you fill your Hawaiian Malasada, they will require refrigeration.

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If two properties weren't enough, Leonard also has a third ace up his sleeve. Along with his two pads in LA, he also has a third mansion down the coast at Rancho Santa Fe near San Diego. Costing a cool $13.3m in 2019, the then-Raptor splashed out on the five-acre, Tuscan-style estate.

Bear Sign – A cowboy term for donuts made while they were on the range. A cook who could and would make them was highly regarded.

Why do people eat malasadas on Fat Tuesday? ›

On the Portuguese island of Madeira, malasadas are eaten on Terça-feira Gorda (Fat Tuesday in English), which is also the last day of the Carnival of Madeira. Malasadas were cooked in order to use up all the lard and sugar in the house, in preparation for Lenten restrictions.

Are malasadas and beignets the same? They are similar but they are not the same. For starters, malasadas are bigger than beignets. They are more the size of a filled doughnut.

Yeast doughnuts, as the name clearly spells out, are made from dough leavened with yeast (think brioche), whereas cake doughnuts are traditionally made from a kind of cake batter that uses a chemical leavener (i.e. baking powder or baking soda).

Malassadas is called by a lot of names: Filhos, Portuguese Donuts, Fried Dough or Beaver Tails.

Enjoyed with a hot cup of New Orleans' chicory coffee, the beignet, pronounced “bayne-yay”, is the official doughnut of Louisiana. True to an American migration story, the beignet's journey to Louisiana has roots across the globe.