{"id":637,"date":"2019-04-17T11:25:52","date_gmt":"2019-04-17T11:25:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gastronomicspain.com\/blog\/?p=637"},"modified":"2021-09-20T12:20:26","modified_gmt":"2021-09-20T10:20:26","slug":"nine-spanish-desserts-scrumptious-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gastronomicspain.com\/blog\/en\/nine-spanish-desserts-scrumptious-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Nine Spanish Desserts that Are Incredibly Scrumptious"},"content":{"rendered":"

Spaniards definitely have a sweet tooth and thus, you can find a wide variety of\u00a0 <\/span><\/span>Spanish Desserts<\/span><\/span><\/strong>. <\/span>From sugary custards to chocolate-filled pastries, Spaniards are famous all over the world for being healthy, that does not change the fact that Spaniards definitely have a sweet tooth. <\/span>From custard with caramel sauce to chocolate-filled pastries, Spanish dessert menus are a place of small, sweet joy. <\/span>Like so many Spanish foods, country’s desserts feature cultural influence. <\/span>Due to Moorish influence in Southern Spain, many of the desserts are almond-based. <\/span>Located just south of the French border, the region of Catalonia serves desserts with a decidedly French flair. <\/span>Well, no matter where in Spain you live I, you will have many mouth-watering, hand-made sweets, cakes and pastries to savor on. <\/span>In this blog, we have enlisted a few of them:<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Miguelito<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Miguelitos are light and flaky pastry, filled with cream filling. <\/span>It is simple to make and take very little time for cooking. <\/span>All that has to be done is to roll, cut, and bake puff pastry sheets and prepare to simple pastry cream to spoon into the center. <\/span>And, once it’s ready, dust it with powdered sugar.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Flan<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

This Spanish Dessert is one of the most common desserts enjoyed across Spain in various forms – Vanilla flan, egg flan, coconut flan, chestnut flan, and Christmas chocolate flan to name a few. <\/span>This soft, gelatinous dessert is made from milk, sugar, and eggs mixed together and placed in a water bath. <\/span>Once cooked and cooled the mold is turned upside down onto the plate, letting the heavenly bottom cascade down the lobby of flan.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Chocolate and Churros<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Over the last few years, chocolate and churros have gained so much popularity that they have broken free from after-meal status to eat-it-anytime status. <\/span>The crispy tubes of fried dough inside a hot cup of melted chocolates make a delicious snack.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Catalan cream<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Also called a poor man’s cr\u00e8me Brulee, this sweet dish is served in a humble, shallow clay dish. <\/span>Thus creamy egg yolk custard is topped with powdered sugar and then torched to a crisp. <\/span>This unique flavor is so popular, in fact, that ice creams and liqueurs often come in \u00abCremaCatalana\u00bb flavor.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Santiago’s cake<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

These moist almond cakes come pre-made and served at room temperature. <\/span>It is thought to have originated from Galicia, where the pilgrimage of St. James ends. <\/span>The top of the cake is adorned with powdered sugar.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

cheesecake<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Light and fluffy with a strong cheese flavor, these pancakes are dry and crunchy. <\/span>They taste more like a cookie. <\/span>Its main and thickest layer consists of a mixture of soft, fresh cheese, eggs, and sugar. <\/span>And, the topmost layer is either plain or sometimes dressed up with a layer of gelatins, chocolates, and blueberries.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0French Toast<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

These drunken, cinnamon-spiced slices of fried bread are similar to French toast but taken to an advanced level. <\/span>It can be found on the menu of almost all confessionaries and restaurants. <\/span>But tragically, it is almost impossible to find them outside of Easter season. <\/span>Traditionally, they come in two flavors cinnamon, wine, and simple syrup, or honey-soaked.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Classic Spanish Custard – Milk Custard<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Spanish custard, called \u00abcustard\u00bb is one of the comfort foods that make many Spanish adults recall their childhood. <\/span>Our traditional \u00abcustard\u00bb version makes a smooth, rich custard, flavored with cinnamon and vanilla extract, which is wonderful eaten while still warm.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Polvorones – Almond Cookies<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

This Spanish dessert is especially popular during Christmas month. <\/span>They are available in a variety of flavors -almond, orange, chocolate, and lemon being the most popular versions. <\/span>Being soft and brittle, they melt in your mouth. <\/span>They accompany the best with a bottle of hard liquor. <\/span>The cookies are very crumbly and have a light crust from being baked in the oven, but the inside is soft.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

These were some scrumptious desserts from Spanish cuisine that are a part and parcel of Spanish food culture. <\/span>Searching for Spanish dishes online, you can find hundreds of\u00a0 <\/span><\/span>Spanish Desserts<\/span><\/span><\/a>. <\/span>But if you want to have something that is customized for your needs, look no forward than Gastronomic Spain<\/a>. <\/span>We have hundreds of food items on our menu that are so tasty that you will like them again and again.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Spaniards definitely have a sweet tooth and thus, you can find a wide variety of\u00a0 Spanish Desserts. From sugary custards to chocolate-filled pastries, Spaniards are famous all over the world for being healthy, that does not change the fact that Spaniards definitely have a sweet tooth. From custard with caramel sauce to chocolate-filled pastries, Spanish […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":636,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1335],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-637","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-spanish-typical-sweets"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gastronomicspain.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/637","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gastronomicspain.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gastronomicspain.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gastronomicspain.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gastronomicspain.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=637"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.gastronomicspain.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/637\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5809,"href":"https:\/\/www.gastronomicspain.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/637\/revisions\/5809"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gastronomicspain.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/636"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gastronomicspain.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=637"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gastronomicspain.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=637"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gastronomicspain.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=637"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}