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Carquinyols and marzipans of Albaida

Albaida, La Vall d'Albaida, Valencia

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Carquinyols and marzipans of Albaida

Food and drink · Albaida, La Vall d'Albaida, Valencia

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The pastries of Albaida rest on the almond. Carquinyols are very hard biscuits, baked in a bar and then cut into slices that go back into the oven; the marzipans are moulded for Christmas. Both are still made in the local bakeries.

Photo: Coentor (CC BY-SA 3.0)

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