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Alternative names | Sobao pasiego |
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Place of origin | Spain |
Region or state | Valles Pasiegos |
Main ingredients | Sugar, butter, flour, eggs, salt, lemon zest, rum or anise liquor, dry yeast |
Sobao or sobao pasiego is a Spanish delicacy typical of the Valles Pasiegos and one of the 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]