Now that the winter season started, we want to present some Spanish classics Christmas cakes Andausia . These sweets are consumed in Spain, especially during this time of year and can be found in many stores such as bakeries, confectionery shops in your neighborhood or in supermarkets.
This selection of delicacies under the onset of same base , in many cases even have the same ingredients or a similar form of development.
But each has its own characteristics and details that make it different and unique special. In any case, the best you can do is try each variety to find out what their favorite.
1. MANTECADOS
First, we will show one of the most typical and famous of Spain cakes, lardy . They really have a unique texture and flavor . Because of its fragile consistency that feels as if they were "melting away" on your palate when you eat them, creating an exquisite flavor.
are originally from Andalusia, more precisely in the province of Malaga -. of the beautiful town of Antequera (though well Estepa)
dating back to the sixteenth century, when it began its preparation due to excess cereals and lard in this region.
export began in the nineteenth century thanks to the drying process that allows transport over longer distances. For the preparation of authentic recipe Antequera need lard, flour, sugar, ground almonds and cinnamon, but there are many more choices and flavors like chocolate, lemon, puff pastry, cinnamon double etc. This typical dessert has today their own denomination of origin.
2. Polvorón
The polvorón is one of the specialties included in the "family lardy" because it is made of the same Ingredients- the difference is always contains almonds .
As the name is Spanish ( "dust" means dust or powder), is a type of cookie that is very soft and sandy and covered with powdered sugar that melts in the mouth, creating a fine and creamy texture.
3. wine donuts
On the other side there wine donuts or "rusks wine ", which are another type of candy, this time in the form of a donut. However, they differ from mantecados and polvorones, as they contain no lard, but a nice touch of sweet Malaga wine and "aguardiente" (liquor Ojen, a town of Malaga).
is a very traditional Spanish "cookie" and is made from flour, wine, sugar, olive oil, lemon zest, sesame and liquor, covered with a lot of icing sugar.
4. ALFAJOR
The next sweet pastry, alfajor quite different from those described above. It is a recipe of Andalusian cuisine featuring its origins in Arab cuisine of Al-Andalus .
Its name comes from the Hispano-Arab 'filler', since it is a dessert in the form of a compact cylinder filled with a sweet almond, nuts and paste of honey and either covered with crumbs bread or wheat wafers.
Apart from this selection of cookies and desserts are found in many shop windows these days, there are other sweets which are very famous and usually eaten during this cold season. Many call "fruits Pan" although they have very little to do with real fruit
The recipe is very simple :. Food fry for a few minutes in a pan with boiling oil until Goldenweiser recently that always need to be served.
as a typical sweet dish is the fried bread dough (or puff pastry) sprinkled with icing sugar or completely immersed in honey. This technique is used very often since the Middle Ages in Spain and has its origins in the Sephardic kitchen.
5. Borrachuelos
Another appetizer that makes this type are "borrachuelos" . They are so called because the mass is premixed with a key ingredient :. white wine or anise liqueur (you need to know that "drunk" means drunk in Spanish)
The ingredients are wheat flour, olive oil and a blend of orange, cloves and anise flavors. Once they kneaded fried and covered with a lot of sugar or honey.
may remind you of Arabic pastry that has had a great influence on the choice of ingredients and their combination and has left an important. legacy in the rich and tasty Andalusian cuisine
do not want to end this post without mentioning our "fritters" - the process of preparation and the ingredients are similar to those of the borrachuelos, but their size and shape are different.
This delicacy is fried dough in the shape of a square with two opposite corners bent and joined at the center. It is eaten during Christmas and Orientales- so you can enjoy them twice double year- so delicious.
Let's discover, eat and enjoy!
Merry Christmas!
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