Sobao

Sobao
Alternative namesSobao pasiego
Place of originSpain
Region or stateValles Pasiegos
Main ingredientsSugar, butter, flour, eggs, salt, lemon zest, rum or anise liquor, dry yeast
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Sobao or sobao pasiego or sobau or sobau pasiegu is a Cantabria and Spanish delicacy typical of the Valles Pasiegos and one of the key signature delicacies of Cantabria. The sobao pasiego possesses Geographical indication since 2004.[1][2]

In the earliest recipes, the ingredients were bread dough, white sugar and butter with eggs, lemon zest and anise liquor or rum. The modern sobao was developed in 1896, when a cook named Eusebia Hernández Martín replaced the bread dough with flour.[1]

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References

  1. ^ a b "Sobaos from Cantabria". Recetas caseras con fotos paso a paso de El Invitado de Invierno. 2013-05-24. Retrieved 2017-06-22.
  2. ^ "Sobao Pasiego cake". Eatglobe. Archived from the original on 2017-04-26. Retrieved 2017-06-22.