Sobao

Sobao or sobao pasiego or sobau or sobau pasiegu is a Cantabria and Spanish delicacy typical of the Valles Pasiegos and one of the key signature delicacies of Cantabria. The sobao pasiego possesses Geographical indication since 2004.^[1][2]

Alternative namesSobao pasiego

Place of originSpain

Region or stateValles Pasiegos

Main ingredientsSugar, butter, flour, eggs, salt, lemon zest, rum or anise liquor, dry yeast

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Sobao

Alternative names	Sobao pasiego
Place of origin	Spain
Region or state	Valles Pasiegos
Main ingredients	Sugar, butter, flour, eggs, salt, lemon zest, rum or anise liquor, dry yeast
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In the earliest recipes, the ingredients were bread dough, white sugar and butter with eggs, lemon zest and anise liquor or rum. The modern sobao was developed in 1896, when a cook named Eusebia Hernández Martín replaced the bread dough with flour.^[1]