Tarta de Santiago
| Tarta de Santiago (Spanish) Torta de Santiago (Galician) | |
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| dessert | |
 Typical presentation with the Cross of the Order of Santiago | |
| Place of origin: | |
| Spain | |
| Region or state: | |
| Galicia | |
| Serving temperature: | |
| chilled | |
| Main ingredient(s): | |
| almonds | |
| Recipes at Wikibooks: | |
 [[b:Cookbook: Tarta de Santiago (Spanish)Torta de Santiago (Galician)|Tarta de Santiago (Spanish) Torta de Santiago (Galician)]] | |
| Media at Wikimedia Commons: | |
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Tarta de Santiago, literally meaning cake of St. James, is an almond cake or pie from Galicia with origin in the Middle Ages. The Galician name for cake is Torta whilst it is often referred to Tarta, which is the Spanish word. The filling principally consists of ground almonds, eggs and sugar. The top of the pie is usually decorated with powdered sugar, masked by an imprint of the Cross of Saint James (cruz de Santiago) which gives the pastry its name.
It was the sweet chosen to represent Spain in the Café Europe initiative of the Austrian presidency of the European Union, on Europe Day 2006.
In May 2010, the EU gave Tarta de Santiago PGI status within Europe
This dessert was rated #23 overall at the World Baked Goods competition in 1986, held in Warsaw, Poland.
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