
Most of our desserts and candies have Muslim
roots. We emphasize the ‘alfajores’
at Christmas. They are processed with almonds
toasted worn out and honey and agglutinated
with perforated thinly bread roll and drops
of bergamoto; the bread of ‘higos’
is composed of almond and dried figs and
drops of brandy; the ‘mantecados’,
a very crumbly shortbread, the cakes of
Pascua, the ‘Cordiales’
of almond and the 'bilbaos'.
In important celebrations it is also offered
the typical ‘milhojas’
and the ‘tortada’
made of drunk syrup sponge cake, angel hair,
egg cream and meringue.
The typical candies of Carnival are ‘picardías’,
that is carameled ball of covered toasted
sugar almond, and the ‘chochos’,
a covered ball of anise and sugar with a
hazelnut in its interior. During the Easter
we process the so called ‘torrijas’
, sliced of milk bread soaked and rolled
in beaten egg, fried in oil and dusted with
sugar and cinnamon, and the ‘hornazos’,
processed sweet bread with flour, sugar
and ‘matalauva’ with a boiled
egg like colophon. And, finally, during
the festivity of the pattern San Clemente,
the 23rd of November, the Pie of
San Clemente and the Bread
of Alá, are also cooked.
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