Xuixo

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Xuixo

슈이쇼

Deep-fried pastry

About this dish

Xuixo is a viennoiserie from the city of Girona in Catalonia, Spain. It is a deep-fried, sugar-coated cylindrical product filled with crema catalana. Commonly eaten for breakfast or tea, it is honored as Producte de la Terra (English: Product of the home country) by the Department of Agriculture, Farming and Fishing of the Government of Catalonia. It is assumed that this viennoiserie originated in 1920s Girona in a shop owned by Emili Puig in the Street Cort Reial. A French pâtisserie showed Puig the preparation of cream-filled viennoiserie and this inspired him to create the Xuixo. This viennoiserie is very popular not only in Girona but has been also accepted in the surrounding areas and can also be found in Tarragona, Castellón de la Plana and Valencia.

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