A classic Carolina from Bilbao

The Carolina is a typical pastry of Bilbao, Spain. It consists of a miniature pastry crust filled with custard and topped with a meringue cone. Typically, the cone has a coating of sweet egg yolk glaze and dark chocolate.

Ingredients

The principle ingredients are: meringue, puff pastry or shortcrust pastry tartlet, egg yolk, and chocolate.

History

The Marchioness of Parabere included a recipe for the Carolina in her first book, Confitería y Repostería, in 1930. In the book, she says the Carolina was invented by a pastry chef from Bilbao. His daughter, Carolina, loved meringue, so he put the meringue in a puff pastry tartlet to prevent her from getting dirty. She liked it so much, he named it after her.[1]

The pastry is well-recognized as a Bilbao speciality, so "Señor Karolino" was the mascot for the Bilbao Carnival in 2009.[2]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Ruta para golosos en Bilbao". El Correo (in European Spanish). 2013-05-25. Retrieved 2022-05-17.
  2. ↑ Mayora, Jon. "El 'Señor Karolino' invitará a las fiestas de Carnaval en Bilbao". El Correo (in Spanish). No. January 29, 2009. Retrieved 25 January 2018.
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