History
Visita Sevilla lists the classic torrijas and pestinos among the excellent desserts of Seville's Lenten cooking, eaten above all during Holy Week, and Confiteria Rufino describes Lent as a time of fried sweets rooted in Arab traditions, naming torrijas, roscos and pestinos. Confiteria La Campana, founded in 1885, lists torrijas among its seasonal sweets and has published a video of how it makes them.
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Common allergens: Gluten, Egg, Milk
Make it at home
Ingredients
- 8 thick slices (3cm) day-old white bread (pan de viena or brioche)
- 500ml whole milk
- 1 cinnamon stick
- Zest of 1 lemon
- 80g caster sugar, plus more for dusting
- 2 large eggs, beaten
- 300ml olive oil, for frying
- 1 tablespoon ground cinnamon
- Optional: 100ml sweet sherry (oloroso) for soaking instead of milk
Method
- Heat milk in a saucepan with cinnamon stick, lemon zest and 80g sugar until just simmering. Remove from heat and infuse 10 minutes.
- Strain the warm milk into a shallow dish.
- Place bread slices in the warm milk; let soak for 5 minutes per side until saturated but not breaking.
- Beat eggs in a separate shallow bowl.
- Heat olive oil in a wide frying pan to 170C.
- Lift each soaked bread slice carefully, dip in beaten egg, then fry for 90 seconds per side until pale gold.
- Drain on paper towel.
- Mix ground cinnamon with extra sugar; dust the warm torrijas generously.
Tip from the editors. Use proper day-old white bread; fresh bread falls apart in the milk.
Where to eat torrijas
Torrijas in Seville
Confiteria La Campana ★ 4.7
Confiteria La Campana, founded in 1885 at Calle Sierpes 1, is an artisan pastry shop in Seville whose crest reads “supplier to the Royal Household”.
TipThe pastries follow an artisan method that lasts 24 hours, without speeding up the mixing and beating of the ingredients.
Confiteria Rufino ★ 4.2
Confiteria Rufino, a pastry shop founded in Aracena in 1875, sells over fifty varieties made daily in Aracena at its shop on Plaza de Cuba 4 in Seville.
TipA replica of the early 20th-century shelving kept in the Aracena confiteria presides over the Plaza de Cuba shop.
More places near Confiteria La Campana and Confiteria Rufino
Not on this list, but close by, nearest first. Every one is in our guide with its address, hours and what to order.
- Filo Café, about 300 m away
- Inés Rosales Bakeries, about 300 m away
- Confiteria Ochoa Bakery, about 550 m away
- Manu Jara Dulceria Bakery, about 550 m away
- Bar El Comercio Café, about 600 m away
- Pasteleria los Angelitos de Santa Isabel Bakeries, about 650 m away
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