Los mantecados de Estepa Food and drink · Estepa, Sierra Sur, Seville Image of Estepa, not of the place itself. Estepa's mantecado (crumbly shortbread) industry was born in 1899, when Micaela Ruiz Téllez, known as 'la Colchona,' founded a family business making mantecados with a perfected recipe that gave rise to today's concentration of Christmas-sweet factories. 1899 Photo: Fotografia enviada per Hugo What to see and do in Estepa