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Ensaimada de Mallorca

Ensaïmada de Mallorca

🗓 tot l'anyMallorca

About this dish

Spiral bun of leavened dough made with strong flour, pork lard (saïm), sugar, eggs and water. PGI since 2003. The plain ensaïmada llisa comes in an octagonal box. The tallades version is filled with brossat (curd cheese), cabell d'àngel, custard or cream. Mallorca's most emblematic edible gift.

Main ingredients

  • ●farina de força
  • ●saïm (manteca de cerdo)
  • ●sucre
  • ●ous
  • ●aigua
  • ●llevat

When it's eaten

Esmorzar, berenar, Nadal, Matines, regalos

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