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Almond Santiago Cake

Almond Santiago Cake

Tarta de Santiago cu Migdale

RON 18≈ €3.36

Picaro Restaurant Spaniol ,Cluj-Napoca · Cluj-Napoca · 120g

Santiago cake with almond flour, eggs, cheese and vanilla.

Nutrition

≈ 400 kcalper portion of about 100 g
  • Protein10%
    10%
  • Fat60%
    60%
  • Carbohydrates30%
    30%

Estimate for a typical portion of this dish; the venue's recipe may differ.

About the dish

A dense, flourless sponge cake made primarily with ground almonds. It is characterized by its moist texture and citrus notes.

Cuisine
Spanish (Galician)

Typical ingredients

  • almond flour
  • eggs
  • cheese
  • vanilla

General information about this dish, not provided by the venue. Dish pictures are illustrations based on the menu description, not photos from the venue.

History of the dish

Santiago de Compostela, Spain

About the classic Tarta de Santiago. This venue serves its own version.

Tarta de Santiago
© Tamorlan · CC BY 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Origin
Santiago de Compostela, Spain
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Torta de Santiago (in Galician) or Tarta de Santiago (in Spanish), literally meaning cake of St. James, is an almond cake or pie from Galicia with its origin in the Middle Ages and the Camino de Santiago.

Excerpt from the Wikipedia article “Tarta de Santiago” · version used · CC BY-SA 4.0

Sources: Wikidata (CC0) · Wikipedia ·

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