Chanchigorri cake

Chanchigorri cakes in a shop window.

A chanchigorri cake (Spanish: torta de chanchigorri), also spelled txantxigorri or chalchigorri,[1] is a Spanish pastry, very common in the cuisine of Navarre. These desserts have a rounded shape. They are traditionally made at the time of pig slaughter, and their main ingredients are fried pork, lard, bread dough, and sugar.[2] They are usually served warm. They are mainly marketed in the autumn months.

Mentions in literature

Chanchigorri cakes appear in the Baztán Trilogy by writer Dolores Redondo.

References

  1. ↑ Iribarren, José María; Ollaquindia, Ricardo (1984). Vocabulário navarro (in Spanish) (1 ed.). p. 174.
  2. ↑ Calera, Ana María (21 January 2013). "Tortas de Chanchigorri". La cocina de la abuela [Grandmother's Kitchen] (in Spanish). Parkstone International. p. 399. Retrieved 21 October 2016 – via Google Books.
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