This delicate and spongy sweet is made for dipping in orxata or horchata, a drink made of tigernuts that is served cold. Fartóns are also eaten with hot beverages such as hot chocolate or caffè latte.
According to an apocryphal legend, James I of Aragon called the drink orxata "pure gold" because of its texture and sweetness. In the 1960s, the Polo family developed an oblong pastry that was sweet and delicate. It had a spongy texture that was perfect to soak up orxata. Because of its long shape, fartóns could also reach the bottom of a glass. This was the beginning of Fartóns Polo.[1]
Variations
In the 1990s, the hospitality industry began to serve frozen pastries and with it a new variation of fartóns, the so-called flaky fartóns. Flaky fartóns are made with a different dough, resulting in a different texture. Other variations include spongy fartóns, made from wheat flour, sugar, sunflower oil, water, eggs, fresh yeast, bread supplements, and salt. A commercial variety of flaky fartóns are made with animal fat and have a denser consistency.
Nutritional information
Spongy fartóns do not contain preservatives or artificial coloring. The nutritional facts for 100g of spongy fartóns are: calories: 372,6kcal/1559,1 kJ, protein: 9g, carbohydrates: 58,8g, and fat: 11,3g
The nutritional facts for flaky fartóns are; calories: 413,3kcal/1729,2kJ, protein: 7,3g, carbohydrates: 51,7g, and fat: 19,7g
