Asturian cuisine and typical dishes of the community have been passed from one generation to the next. The usual raw materials in the region are based on meat from cattle that graze in valleys and meadows, fresh vegetables and legumes and the best fish from the Cantabrian coast. This resources offers a great potential for the elaboration of exquisite typical dishes, some of which even cross borders.
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Casadiellas
- Wheat flour
- Sugar
- Walnuts
- Anis liquor
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Frixuelos
- Eggs
- Wheat flour
- Sugar
- Milk
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Marañuelas
- Asturian butter
- Wheat flour
- Eggs
- Sugar
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Chestnut flan
- Asturian chestnuts
- Milk
- Eggs
- Sugar
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Asturian almond cake
- Eggs
- Ground almonds
- Sugar
- Cinnamon
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Requesón with honey and walnuts
- Asturian requesón or curd cheese
- Asturian honey
- Walnuts
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Tarta de la abuela
- Toasted cookies
- Vanilla flan
- Chocolate
- Milk
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Afuelga’l Pitu cheesecake
- PDO Afuega’l Pitu cheese
- Eggs
- Toasted cookies
- Butter