Typical Asturian desserts

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Here we detail the most characteristic:
The borrachinos (crumb of bread with egg), the fried milk (with sugar and soaked in white wine), the casadiellas (sweet dumplings stuffed with walnuts, sugar and anise), the carbayones of Oviedo (puff pastry stuffed with almonds and covered with icing) and the panchón (kernel of spelled bread with butter and sugar that is fried and crumbled before serving, typical of Aller).

We also mentioned the well-known charlotas from Gijón (cakes made with a base and bottom of sponge cakes covered with chocolate and candied cherries), the marañuelas from Candás and Luanco (sweet cookies with a characteristic shape), the marañuelas from Avilés (sweet bread), the consejos paserinos (typical of Mieres) and the almond tart (similar to the Santiago tart, made with puff pastry or sweet shortcrust pastry and filled with a mixture of egg, almond and syrup).

· Rice pudding

It is undoubtedly the king of our desserts, with national fame; creamy, burnt or with a touch of cinnamon…

Rice pudding recipe

It's one of the most well-known desserts in Asturian cuisine, and we're going to explain how to make it... Read more

Casadiellas or casadielles

Casadiellas, or "casadielles," are a wheat flour pastry filled with a mixture of walnuts, sugar, and anise ; some also make them with puff pastry. They are 15 cm long and bursting with sweetness.

Asturian casadiellas recipe

This typical confectionery shop, to which many scholars of Asturian cuisine attribute a clear origin … Read more

Frixuelos

Asturian frixuelos are very similar to Galician filloas and French crepes . We always serve them with sweet things, like jam, cream filling, or melted chocolate... we Asturians have a real sweet tooth!

Asturian frixuelos recipe

Frixuelos are also called filloas, crepes … in other places, but practically… Read more

Rialto Muscovites

The famous Muscovites are Marcona almond paste and milk or dark chocolate coating. Made "one by one" in a completely traditional way by the confectioners of Rialto in Oviedo. Ingredients of the highest quality and careful preparation make them a 100% original sweet.