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Ensaymada (Filipino)
Sweet and buttery with a salty, cheesy top note.
Lens analyzedEnsaymada is a soft Filipino sweet bread roll, brushed with butter and topped with sugar and often a scattering of grated cheese. The cheese-and-sugar topping gives it a salty-sweet finish that sets it apart from a plain sweet roll.
Where it comes from
Ensaymada traces back to a Mallorcan pastry brought over during Spanish colonial rule, later adapted in the Philippines with local butter, sugar, and cheese toppings.
Buying it
Choose one that still feels soft and springy rather than dry or hardened at the edges.
Storing it
Keep it at room temperature in a sealed bag and eat it within a few days, since the buttery dough stales faster than a lean bread.
Keeps about 3 days in the pantry.
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