Estepa

Date: from 01/09/2010 at 00:00 to 31/12/2010 at 00:00

Place: ESTEPA

To Visit “mantecados”, anisette and olive oil factories, belonging to this route, contact with us:

Estepa Tourist Office
H.E. Estepa Town Hall
Unnumbered, Aguilar y Cano Street
41560 Estepa (Sevilla)
Tel. 955912066 / 955912717
Fax: 955912479
E-mail: oficinadeturismo@estepa.com

In the Saint Claire Convent, the documentation of the 18th century talk about the buy of some covers for the “torteras” (utensils that were used to make “mantecados”). The origin of the production of these delicious Christmas cakes in Estepa is due to Filomena Micaela Téllez. Her husband, Manuel Fernández Tenllado distributed the delicious cakes, which were cooked by his wife, in the nearby villages and cities. This is how the first family company dedicated to the mantecados production and commercialization emerged. During the course of the first half of the 20th century there were almost 300 “mantecados” and “polvorones” factories (the great majority of them were family companies). Actually, the technology more advanced is wisely combined with the tradition of the ancient recipes belonging to our ancestors.
The merger of many family companies have yielded to a sector more industrialized exporting to nationwide and worldwide. This ancient town is plenty of aromas every autumn.