{"id":26697,"date":"2026-04-16T11:01:38","date_gmt":"2026-04-16T11:01:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gironaexcellent.cat\/?post_type=portfolio_page&p=26697"},"modified":"2026-04-16T11:02:26","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T11:02:26","slug":"galetes-2526","status":"publish","type":"portfolio_page","link":"https:\/\/www.gironaexcellent.cat\/en\/item\/galetes-2526\/","title":{"rendered":"Biscuits"},"content":{"rendered":"

[vc_row css_animation=”” row_type=”row” use_row_as_full_screen_section=”no” type=”full_width” angled_section=”no” text_align=”left” background_image_as_pattern=”without_pattern”][vc_column][vc_empty_space height=”110″][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row css_animation=”” row_type=”row” use_row_as_full_screen_section=”no” type=”grid” angled_section=”no” text_align=”left” background_image_as_pattern=”without_pattern”][vc_column width=”1\/4″][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_column_text css=””]<\/p>\n

Biscuits<\/h2>\n

[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”60″][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/4″][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row css_animation=”” row_type=”row” use_row_as_full_screen_section=”no” type=”grid” angled_section=”no” text_align=”left” background_image_as_pattern=”without_pattern”][vc_column width=”1\/6″][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”4\/6″][vc_column_text css=””]<\/p>\n

Biscuits play a key role in the table setting fostering conversation and pleasant atmosphere. Many of the products recognised in this 6th edition of Girona Excel\u00b7lent can be included in after-dinner settings: coffees, teas, ratafia<\/em> and liqueurs, sweet wines, jams or dried fruit. Chocolates and other exquisite sweets could also be added \u2014 those that mark the country\u2019s festive calendar: nougat, rabasses<\/em> (Christmas cakes from the Empord\u00e0), tortells, coques de llardons, bunyols, mones, flaones, coques de Sant Joan, panellets, neules<\/em>… We also find outstanding local specialties that have become universally known: peixos de nata<\/em> and taps<\/em> from Cadaqu\u00e9s, bisbalenc<\/em> and rus <\/em>biscuits, coca <\/em>from Palau-saverdera, tortell entorxat, tortada<\/em> from Banyoles, the xuixo<\/em> from Girona, or fuet dol\u00e7<\/em> (curious and surprising creation, both meaty and sweet).<\/h6>\n

[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/6″][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row css_animation=”” row_type=”row” use_row_as_full_screen_section=”no” type=”full_width” angled_section=”no” text_align=”left” background_image_as_pattern=”without_pattern”][vc_column][vc_empty_space height=”40″][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row css_animation=”” row_type=”row” use_row_as_full_screen_section=”no” type=”grid” angled_section=”no” text_align=”left” background_image_as_pattern=”without_pattern” padding_top=”0″ padding_bottom=”15″ css=”.vc_custom_1501311203972{padding-top: 15px !important;padding-right: 15px !important;padding-bottom: 15px !important;padding-left: 15px !important;}”][vc_column width=”1\/6″][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”2\/3″][vc_column_text css=”” el_class=”text_segell”]<\/p>\n

Small sweets, which can be eaten in a single bite, are made all over the Girona region. In fact, the beauty of biscuits, usually made with dried fruit, lies in how well they travel and how long they last. Many pastry chefs have long specialised in tea biscuits and table pastries, while new biscuit makers have emerged and others have returned to their places of origin. However, the most famous and best-known biscuits are the ones from Santa Coloma de Farners and Camprodon, whose well-established industries send their boxes all over the world. In 1909, the name teula de Santa Coloma de Farners<\/em> was patented, a fine evolution of the biscuits described in old recipe books such as La cuynera catalana<\/em>, from 1835. A year later, in 1910, the industrial production of biscuits began in Camprodon.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

When setting the table, biscuits play an important role: they are the perfect accompaniment to coffee, ideal for dipping in sweet wine, ratafia<\/em> or teas. They are perfect for curbing hunger and keeping your energy up. And they also play a prominent role in cooking, as they are an ingredient in the picada<\/em>, described in the chapter on dried fruit.<\/p>\n

[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/6″][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row css_animation=”” row_type=”row” use_row_as_full_screen_section=”no” type=”full_width” angled_section=”no” text_align=”left” background_image_as_pattern=”without_pattern”][vc_column][vc_empty_space height=”110″][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row css_animation=”” row_type=”row” use_row_as_full_screen_section=”no” type=”grid” angled_section=”no” text_align=”center” background_image_as_pattern=”without_pattern” background_color=”#000000″ padding_top=”50″ padding_bottom=”35″][vc_column][vc_column_text css=””]<\/p>\n

Biscuits with the 2025-2026 Girona Excel\u00b7lent seal<\/span><\/h2>\n

[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”35px”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row css_animation=”” row_type=”row” use_row_as_full_screen_section=”no” type=”grid” angled_section=”no” text_align=”left” background_image_as_pattern=”without_pattern”][vc_column][vc_empty_space height=”110″][vc_row_inner row_type=”row” type=”full_width” text_align=”left” css_animation=””][vc_column_inner width=”1\/2″][vc_single_image image=”26701″ img_size=”medium” alignment=”center” css=”” qode_css_animation=”” qode_hover_animation=”zoom_in”][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/2″][vc_empty_space height=”25px”][vc_column_text css=””]<\/p>\n

Pa Pa Orange Cookies<\/h3>\n

[\/vc_column_text][vc_separator type=”small” position=”left” color=”#000000″ thickness=”1″ up=”10″ down=”10″][vc_empty_space height=”20px”][vc_column_text css=””]Miquel Porterias Costa opened the Porterias Bakery in 1925 in Cabanes. In the 1960s, his sons Gabriel and Joan Porterias Xifre took over the reins and in the 1970s they opened a kitchen in Figueres. At the beginning of the century, the third generation, Merc\u00e8 Porterias Sales, daughter of Joan Porterias, and David Gibert, her husband, took over the business. In 2012 they created the Pa Pa brand, dedicated to bread and pastries, with stores in Figueres, Vilafant and Roses. One of their specialties are these orange cookies, made with sugar, spelt flour, butter, almonds and orange juice and zest.[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”20px”][vc_column_text css=””]Company: Forn de Pa Porterias – Fleques Pa Pa<\/p>\n

www.forndepaporterias.com<\/strong><\/a>[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”25px”][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_empty_space height=”100″][vc_row_inner row_type=”row” type=”full_width” text_align=”left” css_animation=””][vc_column_inner width=”1\/2″][vc_single_image image=”26705″ img_size=”medium” alignment=”center” css=”” qode_css_animation=”” qode_hover_animation=”zoom_in”][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/2″][vc_empty_space height=”25px”][vc_column_text css=””]<\/p>\n

Buckwheat Carquinyolis<\/em><\/h3>\n

[\/vc_column_text][vc_separator type=”small” position=”left” color=”#000000″ thickness=”1″ up=”10″ down=”10″][vc_empty_space height=”20px”][vc_column_text css=””]Sweet Virginia is a biscuit company founded in 2024 in Les Preses as an extension of Alimentech, a business consultancy in the field of food safety and quality, founded by Dani Sala Prat in 2020. Dani Sala created Sweet Virginia with his wife and partner, pastry chef Virg\u00ednia Ruiz Lozoya. From their extensive catalogue, these classic carquinyolis stand out, made with a Garrotxa accent, thanks to the presence of buckwheat flour. Flavoured with vanilla and with almonds as the chosen dried fruit, they are ideal for desserts, dipping, table snacks and the traditional picades <\/em>for finishing dishes from traditional Catalan cuisine.[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”20px”][vc_column_text css=””]Company: Sweet Virginia<\/p>\n

sweetvirginia.cat<\/strong><\/a>[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”25px”][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_empty_space height=”100″][vc_row_inner row_type=”row” type=”full_width” text_align=”left” css_animation=””][vc_column_inner width=”1\/2″][vc_single_image image=”26709″ img_size=”medium” alignment=”center” css=”” qode_css_animation=”” qode_hover_animation=”zoom_in”][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/2″][vc_empty_space height=”25px”][vc_column_text css=””]<\/p>\n

Ametllats<\/em> (almond biscuits)<\/h3>\n

[\/vc_column_text][vc_separator type=”small” position=”left” color=”#000000″ thickness=”1″ up=”10″ down=”10″][vc_empty_space height=”20px”][vc_column_text css=””]Eul\u00e0lia Pallar\u00e8s, restaurateur, and Jordi Forti\u00e0, industrial designer and chef, established La Galeta Artesana in 2017 on Carrer Bisbe Lorenzana in Girona. Thanks to their professional training, they designed the kitchen and devised the packaging of the biscuits, the advertising and website design themselves. These ametllats<\/em> are one of their \u2018revisited classics\u2019: a crunchy almond biscuit decorated with almond pieces scattered on top and containing a high percentage of almonds: 25%.[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”20px”][vc_column_text css=””]Company: La Galeta Artesana<\/p>\n

lagaletaartesana.cat<\/strong><\/a>[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”25px”][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_empty_space height=”100″][vc_row_inner row_type=”row” type=”full_width” text_align=”left” css_animation=””][vc_column_inner width=”1\/2″][vc_single_image image=”26713″ img_size=”medium” alignment=”center” css=”” qode_css_animation=”” qode_hover_animation=”zoom_in”][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/2″][vc_empty_space height=”25px”][vc_column_text css=””]<\/p>\n

Neules<\/em> (wafer rolls)<\/h3>\n

[\/vc_column_text][vc_separator type=”small” position=”left” color=”#000000″ thickness=”1″ up=”10″ down=”10″][vc_empty_space height=”20px”][vc_column_text css=””]Neules<\/em> have been at the centre of traditional patisserie for centuries, because it is a simple recipe based on egg yolks, sugar, cream, natural lemon essence and cinnamon. It is a wafer biscuit with a fine and crunchy texture that is rolled into a tube so it looks like a giant straw. Neules<\/em> are one of the typical biscuits that are never missing from Christmas tables in Catalonia. Joaquim Trias i Vila, de Santa Coloma de Farners, que va comen\u00e7ar a elaborar i vendre productes de pastisseria i galetes el 1908, en fa des del primer dia i \u00e9s una de les seves celebrades especialitats.[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”20px”][vc_column_text css=””]Company: Trias<\/p>\n

www.triasbiscuits.com<\/strong><\/a>[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”25px”][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row css_animation=”” row_type=”row” use_row_as_full_screen_section=”no” type=”full_width” angled_section=”no” text_align=”left” background_image_as_pattern=”without_pattern”][vc_column][vc_empty_space height=”110″][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row css_animation=”” row_type=”row” use_row_as_full_screen_section=”no” type=”grid” angled_section=”no” text_align=”left” background_image_as_pattern=”without_pattern”][vc_column][vc_separator type=”normal” color=”#000000″ thickness=”1″][vc_empty_space height=”75″][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row css_animation=”” row_type=”row” use_row_as_full_screen_section=”no” type=”grid” angled_section=”no” text_align=”left” background_image_as_pattern=”without_pattern”][vc_column width=”1\/6″][vc_column_text css=””]<\/p>\n

Related <\/strong>recipes.<\/h4>\n

[\/vc_column_text][vc_separator type=”small” position=”left” color=”#000000″ thickness=”2″ up=”10″ down=”30″][vc_empty_space height=”50px”][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”5\/6″]

\n
\n \n
\n \n \n \n \n
\n\n
\n
\n
\n +<\/span>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n <\/a>\n \n
<\/div>\n
\n \n\"\"<\/span> <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n
\n\n \n
Escuma de crema catalana amb neules<\/a><\/h6>\n\n\n \n \n <\/div>\n\n \n<\/article>\n
\n \n \n \n \n
\n\n
\n
\n
\n +<\/span>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n <\/a>\n \n
<\/div>\n
\n \n\"\"<\/span> <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n
\n\n \n
Galeta amb farina de girona, vi negre i fruits secs<\/a><\/h6>\n\n\n \n \n <\/div>\n\n \n<\/article>\n
\n \n \n \n \n
\n\n
\n
\n
\n +<\/span>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n <\/a>\n \n
<\/div>\n
\n \n\"\"<\/span> <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n
\n\n \n
Pols d’ametllat amb formatge fermi\u00f3 i melmelada de tomata<\/a><\/h6>\n\n\n \n \n <\/div>\n\n \n<\/article>\n
\n \n \n \n \n
\n\n
\n
\n
\n +<\/span>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n <\/a>\n \n
<\/div>\n
\n \n\"\"<\/span> <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n
\n\n \n
Fetge d’\u00e0nec a la sal amb reducci\u00f3 de ratafia i ametllats<\/a><\/h6>\n\n\n \n \n <\/div>\n\n \n<\/article>\n
\n \n \n \n \n
\n\n
\n
\n
\n +<\/span>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n <\/a>\n \n
<\/div>\n
\n \n\"\"<\/span> <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n
\n\n \n
Mousse de xocolata blanca amb ratafia, nous i sorbet de gerds<\/a><\/h6>\n\n\n \n \n <\/div>\n\n \n<\/article>\n
<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n \n <\/div>[\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row css_animation=”” row_type=”row” use_row_as_full_screen_section=”no” type=”full_width” angled_section=”no” text_align=”left” background_image_as_pattern=”without_pattern”][vc_column][vc_empty_space height=”55″][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

[vc_row css_animation=”” row_type=”row” use_row_as_full_screen_section=”no” type=”full_width” angled_section=”no” text_align=”left” background_image_as_pattern=”without_pattern”][vc_column][vc_empty_space height=”110″][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row css_animation=”” row_type=”row” use_row_as_full_screen_section=”no” type=”grid” angled_section=”no” text_align=”left” background_image_as_pattern=”without_pattern”][vc_column width=”1\/4″][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_column_text css=””] Biscuits [\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”60″][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/4″][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row css_animation=”” row_type=”row” use_row_as_full_screen_section=”no” type=”grid” angled_section=”no” text_align=”left” background_image_as_pattern=”without_pattern”][vc_column width=”1\/6″][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”4\/6″][vc_column_text css=””] Biscuits play a key role in the table setting fostering conversation and…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":19593,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","portfolio_category":[413],"portfolio_tag":[],"class_list":["post-26697","portfolio_page","type-portfolio_page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","portfolio_category-sector2526"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gironaexcellent.cat\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/portfolio_page\/26697","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gironaexcellent.cat\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/portfolio_page"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gironaexcellent.cat\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/portfolio_page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gironaexcellent.cat\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gironaexcellent.cat\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26697"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gironaexcellent.cat\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19593"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gironaexcellent.cat\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26697"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"portfolio_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gironaexcellent.cat\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/portfolio_category?post=26697"},{"taxonomy":"portfolio_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gironaexcellent.cat\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/portfolio_tag?post=26697"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}