A Face-Full Of Torreja Sounds Pretty Good Right About Now
26 March 2008, 2:15 PM. By Daniel Mauser
You know what goes really well with blogging apathetically in pajama bottoms? Sugar and grease! That’s why we’re drooling over the idea of buying a -truck- pot full of these fried, custard-filled Guatemalan (or Cuban according to some sites and, probably, Cubans) treats.
Of course, we’ve never met an oil burn we didn’t somehow perversely derive pleasure from, so we were thinking about cooking them at home. Let us know if you have any good recipes for torrejas or know of any good places (particularly in Brooklyn, as our private jet is currently in the shop) to get a fix.
Torrejas, Torrejas, Anyone? [La Antigua Guatemala Daily]
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Lawn Guyland has hella Central Americans. Just walk up and down Fulton St. in Hempstead asking any of the call centers or places to send money with all the Central American flags on them.
These aren’t the torrejas my Cuban abuelita makes, but if anyone knows where i can find some yummy torrejas around NYC, I’ll love you forever. Or just say “thanks” and proceed to stuff my face.
I think Torrejas are originally from Spain, and a cousin of the churro……
Yup. They are from Spain. Just got bought one in la Malloriquina, a local Madrid Bakery, just last week while visiting. Here iis a pic of the place:
http://www.notesfrommadrid.com/2007/10/03/la-mallorquina-classic-pasteleria/
There are a lot of food items that we think of as “ours” in Latin America that is from Spain. Case in point, Horchata, which I could have sworn was Mexican and/or Central American but is also originally from Spain. The Latin American version is better though. By far!
Oh and as I recall, they are spelled Torrijas in Spain. http://www.notesfrommadrid.com/2007/04/10/la-casa-de-las-torrijas/
Maybe theres something wrong with me but every time I hear sugar and grease in the same sentence I think of anal sex, not food.
Guanabee loves you, Ramon.
lots of other things come from spain, small pox. genocide. my pastiness in the winter.
the little raisins in the middle look like deer poop!
A Cubana with PMS, longing for a fat and sugar fix, should not have read this today.
@ Ramon. Your comment is full of win.
I’m guessing its Cindy who needs the fix, maybe you should venture out to the wilds of 110th, 116th St from Lexington Ave to 1st Ave. I am pretty sure you will find them there or a reasonable facsimile.
my grammy used to make these all the time!! mmm… she was colombian.
i thought they were Spanish via Cuba… my grandma made them a lot but they were totally different from what you show.
They were made with old bread and lots of sugar. Not fried and not custard filled…
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