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Cuban pastelitos · Orlando
Pastelitos are Cuban puff-pastry pockets filled with guava and cream cheese, sweet meat picadillo or coconut, baked to a deep amber lacquer and brushed with sugar glaze.
Pastelitos came north from Havana through Tampa's Ybor City Cuban bakeries in the early 1900s, where the Spanish puff-pastry empanada tradition was reimagined with tropical guava paste and sweet picadillo. The form spread to Miami after the 1959 Cuban Revolution and entered Central Florida through the 1980s Cuban-Puerto Rican migration waves. Black Bean Deli's counter on East Colonial Drive is Orlando's flagship pastelito source, with guava-and-cheese the canonical order; sweet picadillo and coconut variations follow.
Where to eat in Orlando:
- Black Bean Deli
- Pio Pio Restaurant