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Bollo de mantequilla

Milk brioche-bread filled with a tasty butter cream made with yolks, hot syrup and browned butter. Favourite breakfast pastry available at every good pastry shop.

Pastel de arroz (Rice pastry)

Puff or shortcrust pastry vol-au-vent filled with a rice based custard cream.

Carolina

Meringue pyramid with a chocolate & yolk topping.

When the local Football team wins a competition, Carolinas are customised in the local red & white colours!

Pastel ruso

Almond and hazelnut meringue with extra layer of sweet butter cream.

Beware the glucose peak!

Baldosas

Various pastry-styles inspired by the tiles of Bilbao sidewalks.

The origin of the tile design is Barcelona´s famous Modern Style panot de flor, incorporating water evacuation relieves (due to the heavy rainfall in our region)

Jesuits

Millefeuille filled with angel hair ( ) and almonds

Basque cake

Shortcrust pastry usually filled with pastry cream.

Originally from the French Basq ue Country (Saint Jean de Luz, Biarritz…), widespread in the Southern side of the border as well

Truffles

Arrese pastry-shop sells stuffed chocolate truffles quite popular in the city.