Leche frita is a Spanish sweet typical for the north of Spain

Spain

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. It is made by cooking flour

Flour

Flour is a powder which is made by grinding cereal grains, other seeds or roots . It is the main ingredient of bread, which is a staple food for many cultures, making the availability of adequate supplies of flour a major economic and political issue at various times throughout history...

 with milk

Milk

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 and sugar

Sugar

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 until it thickens to a firm dough which is then portioned, fried and served with a sugar glaze

Glaze (cooking technique)

A glaze in cooking is a coating of a glossy, often sweet, sometimes savoury, substance applied to food typically by dipping, dripping, or with a brush. Egg whites and basic icings are both used as glazes...

 and cinnamon

Cinnamon

Cinnamon is a spice obtained from the inner bark of several trees from the genus Cinnamomum that is used in both sweet and savoury foods...

 powder.

History

Though various regions claim to have invented the dish the recipe's orgin in uncertain, but commoly it is considered to have originated in Palencia

Palencia

Palencia is a city south of Tierra de Campos, in north-northwest Spain, the capital of the province of Palencia in the autonomous community of Castile-Leon...

 from where it spread throughout the country.

Preparation

As the sweet used to be homemade there exist many variations on the recipe on how to prepare and present the leche frita. All of them have in common that they simmer

Simmering

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 the milk with sugar, cinnamon sticks and sometimes lemon zest

Zest (ingredient)

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. In a bowl flour, sugar and egg yolk

Egg yolk

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s are mixed and the sugar milk is poured into and the mixture is stirred until everything is well combined. This concoction is then cooked at medium heat until it thickens. The generated dough can now be moulded into round, rectangular or rhombical

Rhombus

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shapes, rolled in stirred eggs, covered with flour and then be fried. Before they are served they are glazed with sugar and sprinkled with cinnamon.