Anís y mantecados de Rute Food and drink · Rute, Subbética, Córdoba Image of Rute, not of the place itself. Rute is famed for its anís liqueurs: in the first third of the 20th century it had more than sixty distilleries, of which several survive today, among them Machaquito, founded in 1876. It is also a land of mantecados (crumbly shortbread) and ham, the latter already mentioned by Cervantes in the 16th century. 1876 (fundación de la destilería Machaquito) Photo: Fotografia enviada per Hugo What to see and do in Rute