Ensaïmadas: A Mallorcan Testimony

Ensaimadas are the utterly delicious coiled flaky pastries made of wheat flour and lard, and found in Menorca (which I have visited) and Mallorca (which I have not). How did…

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The Ensaimada Trail: Ensaimadas and Lardy Cake

In a thread on Dan Lepard’s great site on baking, Adam Balic raises possible connections between lardy cake and ensaimadas (en-larded things), in this case a type of sweet bread…

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