Chanchigorri cake

A chanchigorri cake (Spanish: torta de chanchigorri, Basque: txantxigorri opila), also spelled txantxigorri or chalchigorri,^[1] is a Spanish pastry, common in the cuisine of Navarre. These desserts have a rounded shape. They are traditionally made at the time of pig slaughter, and their main ingredients are fried pork, lard, bread dough and sugar.^[2] They are usually served warm and are mainly marketed in the autumn months.

Chanchigorri cakes in a shop window.

Mentions in literature

Chanchigorri cakes appear in the Baztán Trilogy by writer Dolores Redondo.^{[citation needed]}