Sobao or sobao pasiego or sobau or sobau pasiegu is a Cantabria and Spanish delicacy typical of the Valles Pasiegos and one of the key signature delicacies of Cantabria. The sobao pasiego possesses Geographical indication since 2004.[1][2]

Sobao
Alternative namesSobao pasiego
Place of originSpain
Region or stateValles Pasiegos
Main ingredientsSugar, butter, flour, eggs, salt, lemon zest, rum or anise liquor, dry yeast

In the earliest recipes, the ingredients were bread dough, white sugar and butter with eggs. The modern sobao was developed in 1896, when a cook named Eusebia Hernández Martín replaced the bread dough with flour.[1]

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  1. 1 2 "Sobaos from Cantabria". Recetas caseras con fotos paso a paso de El Invitado de Invierno. 2013-05-24. Retrieved 2017-06-22.
  2. "Sobao Pasiego cake". Eatglobe. Archived from the original on 2017-04-26. Retrieved 2017-06-22.