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A chanchigorri cake (Spanish: torta de chanchigorri Basque: txantxigorri opila), also spelled txantxigorri or chalchigorri, is a Spanish pastry, common in the cuisine of Navarre. These desserts have a rounded shape. They are traditionally made at the time of pig slaughter, and their main ingredients are fried pork, lard, bread dough and sugar. They are usually served warm and are mainly marketed in the autumn months.

Mentions in literature

Chanchigorri cakes appear in the Baztán Trilogy by writer Dolores Redondo.

References

1. Iribarren, José María; Ollaquindia, Ricardo (1984). Vocabulário navarro (in Spanish) (1 ed.). p. 174.
2. Calera, Ana María (21 January 2013). "Tortas de Chanchigorri". La cocina de la abuela [Grandmother's Kitchen] (in Spanish). Parkstone International. p. 399. ISBN 9788431555245. Retrieved 21 October 2016 – via Google Books.

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