Best Spanish Recipes

In Spain, children get the Christmas present on the day of the arrival of the 3 wise men from the orient. Roscón is eaten to celebrate their imminent arrival by children all over the country, eager to celebrate the arrival of their long-awaited presents. Roscón is traditionally served the evening of the 5th just before leaving the house to see the wise men arrive, and again the morning of the 6th for breakfast as presents are unwrapped.

Pan de Calatrava is a variation on Flan. Legend says that Flan was strengthened with bread donated by the village folk at Calatrava’s monastery, becoming one of the dietary staples for the monks who lived there and who had access to the other ingredients -eggs, milk and sugar- at their own little walled farm. Today it is a sough-after dessert full of infinite possibilities and variation.