pestiños
Sign in to saveA pestiño is a Christmas or Holy Week pastry that is popular in Andalusia and other regions of southern Spain. It is a piece of dough, deep-fried in olive oil and glazed with honey or cinnamon sugar.
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- Prepared food.name
- Pestiños
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- Pestiños-Madrid.jpg
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- 300px
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- Tray of pestiños
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- Borrachuelos
- Prepared food.country
- Spain
- Prepared food.region
- Andalusia
- Prepared food.type
- Doughnut
- Prepared food.main_ingredient
- Dough, sesame, olive oil, honey or sugar
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A pestiño is a Christmas or Holy Week pastry that is popular in Andalusia and other regions of southern Spain. It is a piece of dough, deep-fried in olive oil and glazed with honey or cinnamon sugar.
== History == The prestiño dates back at least to the 16th century, being mentioned in the book La Lozana Andaluza, which was written in 1528.
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