Tortas de aceite

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Template:Short description Script error: No such module "about". Script error: No such module "Unsubst". Template:Infobox prepared food Torta de aceite, is a light, crisp and flaky sweet biscuit in the shape of a torta.[1]

The main ingredients are wheat flour, olive oil, almonds, sugar, sesame seeds, anise seeds and anise flavor.[2]

The true origin of the olive oil tortas is unknown. On one hand, it is said that they come from an ancient Arab recipe, it is also said that olive oil torta was a traditional sweet created in southern Spain.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".

Literary references

Guzmán de Alfarache, a novel from the end of 16th or beginning of the 17th century, mentions olive oil tortas; saying:

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Give him my regards, though I do not know him, and tell him I am sorry and bring them this preserved food I kept for you. Tomorrow is the day for kneading and I will prepare an olive oil torta for you to invite your comrades.

They are also mentioned in the novel Don Quijote de la Mancha:

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This is the reason why I say—said the man of the forest—let's stop looking for adventure; and as we have loaves, we are not going to look for tortas, and let us return to our huts, God will find us there, if He wills.

See also

References

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