Granada: Tapas Crawl - All included
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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.
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Casa Ysla Piononos ★ 4.5
centro-sagrario · Avenida de la Constitucion 3, 18012 Granada
Casa Ysla Piononos in Granada is the in-city outpost of the 1897 Santa Fe pasteleria, where Ceferino Isla invented the pionono to honour Pope Pius IX.
Pasteleria Lopez Mezquita ★ 4.5
centro-sagrario · Calle Reyes Catolicos 39, 18001 Granada
Pasteleria Lopez Mezquita on Reyes Catolicos in Granada has baked hojaldres since 1872, with the Apperley pastel named for English painter George Apperley.
Casa Ysla Piononos Beiro ★ 4.3
beiro · Avenida de la Constitucion 48, 18012 Granada
Casa Ysla Piononos Beiro in Granada is the second-oldest branch of the 1897 Santa Fe pasteleria, next to the Caleta courts on Avenida de la Constitucion.
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