Sevillano egg-yolk sweets: pure egg yolks beaten with syrup, set into small dome shapes and dusted with sugar. Made by the cloistered Augustinian nuns of the Convento de San Leandro since the 15th century.
Yemas de San Leandro have been made by the cloistered Augustinian nuns of the Convento de San Leandro in Seville since the 15th century, sold from the convent's torno (rotating window) to maintain the cloister. The sweet uses pure egg yolks bound with sugar syrup; the leftover whites went to clarify the local wines. The yemas are a Sevillano religious-festival classic, eaten especially during Semana Santa. Confiteria La Campana and Confiteria Ochoa sell secular versions.
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Confiteria La Campana ★ 4.7
Calle Sierpes 1, 41004 Sevilla
Confiteria La Campana on Calle Sierpes in Seville is the 1885 Modernist patisserie-and-cafe with marble counters, plasterwork ceilings and one.
Confiteria Ochoa ★ 4.4
Calle Sierpes 45, 41004 Sevilla
Confiteria Ochoa on Calle Sierpes in Seville opened as Granja Victoria in 1910 under Rafael Ochoa Vila, with the canonical roscon de reyes in January and tea.
Casa Robles ★ 4.3
santa-cruz · Calle Alvarez Quintero 58, 41004 Sevilla
Casa Robles on Calle Alvarez Quintero in Seville is the Robles family's flagship since 1954, with wood-panelled dining rooms beside the Cathedral.
Confiteria Rufino ★ 4.2
Plaza de Cuba 4, 41011 Sevilla
Confiteria Rufino on Plaza de Cuba in Seville is the Sevillian outpost of the Aracena confiteria from 1875, opened January 2019, with the canonical torrijas.