Pionono De Santa Fe appears as a signature dish in 1 Spain cities. See each city's local variant and where to eat it.
Pionono de Santa Fe · Granada
Pionono de Santa Fe is a small layered pastry of cinnamon sponge soaked in syrup and topped with caramelised cream, invented in 1897 at Casa Ysla in Santa Fe.
Pionono was invented in 1897 by pastry chef Ceferino Isla at Casa Ysla in Santa Fe, 10km west of Granada, to honour Pope Pius IX (Pio Nono in Spanish). The miniature pastry stands no more than 4cm tall: a cinnamon sponge rolled and soaked in syrup, topped with caramelised pastry cream. In 1916 Casa Ysla was named official supplier to King Alfonso XIII. The Isla family still runs the original Santa Fe shop and Granada-city branches; the recipe has been protected for over a century. The pionono is the canonical Granada gift box: a six-pack travels well and the cinnamon sponge keeps for three days at room temperature.
Where to eat in Granada:
- Casa Ysla Piononos
- Casa Ysla Piononos Beiro
- Pasteleria Lopez Mezquita