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A chanchigorri cake ( es, torta de chanchigorri eu, txantxigorri opila), also spelled txantxigorri or chalchigorri, is a

Spanish Spanish might refer to: * Items from or related to Spain: **Spaniards are a nation and ethnic group indigenous to Spain **Spanish language, spoken in Spain and many Latin American countries **Spanish cuisine Other places * Spanish, Ontario, Cana ...

pastry, common in the

cuisine of Navarre Spanish cuisine consists of the cooking traditions and practices from Spain. Olive oil (of which Spain is the world's largest producer) is heavily used in Spanish cuisine. It forms the base of many vegetable sauces (known in Spanish as ''sofrit ...

. These desserts have a rounded shape. They are traditionally made at the time of

pig slaughter Pig slaughter is the work of slaughtering domestic pigs which is both a common economic activity as well as a traditional feast in some European and Asian countries. Agriculture Pig slaughter is an activity performed to obtain pig meat (pork). ...

, and their main ingredients are fried pork,

lard Lard is a semi-solid white fat product obtained by rendering the fatty tissue of a pig.Lard
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, bread dough and

sugar Sugar is the generic name for sweet-tasting, soluble carbohydrates, many of which are used in food. Simple sugars, also called monosaccharides, include glucose, fructose, and galactose. Compound sugars, also called disaccharides or double ...

. They are usually served warm and are mainly marketed in the autumn months.

Mentions in literature

Chanchigorri cakes appear in the ''Baztán Trilogy'' by writer

Dolores Redondo Dolores Redondo Meira (born 1 February 1969) is a Spanish writer of noir novels, author of the ''Baztán Trilogy'', and winner of the 2016 Premio Planeta de Novela literary prize. Biography Dolores Redondo began studying for her law degree a ...

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