Fair Pastel Recipe

Some call it pastel de Feira, others call it pastel de vento, but what really matters is that it is one of the tastiest snacks in Brazil!

So today, I bring you this delicious fair pastry recipe, crunchy, moist and at the same time super easy to make.

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fair pastry recipe

It is a great snack or breakfast option that is packed with nutrients and will help satisfy your hunger. Plus, it’s easy to make and can be customized to your liking. Fried pastry de Feira is one of the most successful snacks in Brazil, as well as abroad, perhaps due to the globalization of the Brazilian people around the world.

In Brazil, this savory has many names, some call it Pastel de Feira, others Pastel de Vento, but in essence it is made in the same way. 

Of course, due to its fame, many chefs and the curious have made adaptations to the original recipe, resulting in dozens, if not hundreds of recipes that are nothing more than variations on the original pastel de Feira recipe.

Today I bring you this delicious pastel de Feira recipe step by step so that you don't miss any of the stages of preparation of this delicious pastry.

This is not the original recipe, but one of the many variants that honestly make this pastel wonderful!

you must be asking Because?

Firstly, because this 3-ingredient pastel is super easy to make. Just 3 ingredients, I show you how each one is produced!

Then there's a recipe for a crispy and dry pastel de Feira, and with that meat stuffing ground to make a lot of people jealous. 

When I thought of making this recipe, I wanted it to be really detailed, so that you, who are there on the other side of the screen, have all the interest in getting your hands dirty lol.

Origin of fair cake

The pastel de Feira, originated in Brazil, more specifically in São Paulo, it gained its popularity in 1940.

What is curious is that its name came from the fact that this pastel was sold at fairs at the time, so people named it Fair Pastel and later in some regions of Brazil it was designated Wind Pastel, because the pastel is big and has many empty spaces inside, hence the “wind”.

The pastel itself was created by Chinese immigrants who had been in São Paulo since 1890, however it is in 1940 that they began to gain traction.

But what was its development from 1940 onwards due to? At the end of the second world war, when refugees from the Japanese army came to São Paulo so as not to suffer prejudice from the Brazilian people, they mixed with the Chinese community, thus imitating their way of life.

Thus, one of the habits they imitated in this process was to make fried pastries and thus disguised as Chinese, because for a Westerner it was always difficult to distinguish the Japanese from the Chinese.

With the massification of pastries, many pastry shops opened in São Paulo and in this way made this savory extremely popular. Initially with a Chinese recipe that was based on rice stuffed with pork and vegetables, but due to Brazilian culture, pork was replaced by beef.

Until today, a lot has happened, from variations of recipes, etc… but what is really important is that the pastel de Feira today is present all over the world.

How to make fair cake

Now I will show you how to make pastel de Feira and how easy it is to prepare this recipe.

As I said earlier, this 3-ingredient pastel recipe is simple due to the number of ingredients.

So we will need:

• Minced meat filling
• Pastry dough (homemade or industrial)
•  Frying oil

And when we talk about oil, we also talk about a manual or electric fryer.

In this recipe I use stuffing and dough made by me as you can see below.

Meat stuffing for fairground pastry

One of the most important ingredients to have a delicious pastel de Feira is obviously the meat filling, because if it is not well made, the pastel will no longer be the success we want.

In the video below, I teach you how to do it. meat stuffing for fairground pastry, although it is not difficult, it has some “tricks”, as it is a ground meat filling for fried pastry or whoever prefers it, can be used to bake in the oven.

After the filling comes perhaps the most important component, the pastry dough.

Pastel de Feira

The dough for the pastel de Feira is really good, I think just the homemade dough made by us. 

Because truth be told, all the pasta that we buy in supermarkets in our neighborhood, may even have a very nice price, but it comes with something that is not nice at all, I am referring to low quality products to keep the price low and clear with lots of preservatives so that the dough lasts a long time on the shelf.

The big problem is that these preservatives are quite bad for health, not today but in the medium, long term it is noticeable.

But back to our recipe 🙂 , the pastry dough it takes a lot of manual work but in the end it will be well worth it if you make this dough tell in the comments what you think.

This dough does not have much science, it is made in the same way as we make bread dough, it takes a little work in the kneading process, but in the end it is very, very worth it.

In the video below I show you, with step-by-step instructions how to make dough for pastel, I say for pastel, because this dough is used for pastel de Feira or pastel de vento, as you want to call it, as well as for many other types of snacks .

I know that many of you have asked me how to make easy puff pastry dough, I hope that with this recipe, all your doubts will be clarified.

And finally, we have the last part of this recipe, which is the assembly of pastel de vento or pastel de Feira (as you prefer to call it), it has all the instructions below with a well-explained video.

Why this recipe works

• Because it is a recipe much appreciated by Brazilians,
• It is ideal for serving at parties, events or even family snacks;
• The pastel de vento is very easy and quick to prepare;

Ingredients you will need

To make this delicious recipe you will need the following ingredients:

• Pasta for fair,
• Filling;

Common questions

Where to buy Pastel de Feira dough?

You can buy ready-made pastry dough at any neighborhood supermarket or at a hypermarket.
Although I honestly prefer to do the dough for the pastry which is much healthier and the taste is something else!

How many calories are in a fair cake?

The calories in Pastel de Feira depend a lot on the size of the pastry, as well as the amount of filling in the pastry.

However, in order for you to have an estimate, for a 100g pastel you will normally have approximately 170 calories.

Can I freeze fried pastry?

Fried fair pastel you can NOT freeze to Fry again. Yes, you can model the pastel, freeze and then defrost for 1 hour and fry with very hot oil.

It's very good!

You now have a few more reasons to learn how to make pastel de vento for a family snack or even to sell and earn some pretty cool money.

If you liked this recipe, don't forget to share with your friends, family, in short, with all those who will love to make this delicious recipe!

And if you make a change to the original recipe, leave it in the comments, so we can all benefit from your experience.