ensaïmada

ensaïmada (countable and uncountable, plural ensaïmadas or ensaïmades)

1. Alternative form of ensaimada.
   • 2004, Tomás Graves, “Saint Anthony and the Devil”, in Tuning Up at Dawn: A Memoir of Music and Majorca, London; New York, N.Y.: Fourth Estate, →ISBN, page 274:

     I tell you, it’s not the same / So many things have changed / I’ve seen sweets by the fist-full / Scattered all over the streets / And bakers hawking ensaïmades / For only six centimes each . . .

   • 2008, José Andrés with Richard Wolffe, “Cataluña”, in Made in Spain: Spanish Dishes for the American Kitchen, New York, N.Y.: Clarkson Potter/Publishers, →ISBN, “Pork” section, page 174:

     Next I would eat some ensaïmadas, small spiraled Majorcan pastries that are very popular in Barcelona.

   • 2014 September 21, Leadership Sunday, number 450, Abuja, →ISSN, →OCLC:

     Mallorcan ensaïmades, dusted with icing. The light pastry spirals dusted with icing sugar that flake perfectly.

   • 2017, Si King, Dave Myers, “Ensaïmadas: Mallorcan Spiral Pastries”, in The Hairy Bikers’ Mediterranean Adventure: 150 Easy and Tasty Recipes to Cook at Home, London: Seven Dials, →ISBN, “Desserts” section:

     Place the ensaïmadas on a couple of baking trays and cover them with a damp tea towel.

   • 2019, Jamie Erickson, “Delight Instead of Defeat”, in Homeschool Bravely: How to Squash Doubt, Trust God, and Teach Your Child with Confidence, Chicago, Ill.: Moody Publishers, →ISBN, part 2 (The Struggle), chapter 8 (One Crazy Day Away from Crisis):

     It was a day filled with echocardiograms and delicious samples of ensaïmada.

   • 2020 March, “Hey, Google, what should I eat?”, in Holly Meadows, editor, Cosmopolitan‎^[1], New York, N.Y.: Hearst Magazines International, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 28 February 2023, page 118:

     Google tip: ask Google what the oldest pastry shop is in Mallorca and it’ll lead you to Ca’n Joan De s’Aigo. Their ensaïmades are lighter than air.

   • 2023, T.K. Richards, “Spain: Levi”, in My Gift to You, LNK Publishing, →ISBN:

     We share a trio of street tacos and a box of classic ensaïmadas.

From en- +‎ saïm (“lard”) +‎ -ada, literally “enlarded”.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ən.sə.iˈma.ðə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [en.sa.iˈma.ða]

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ensaïmada f (plural ensaïmades)

1. ensaimada (Mallorcan pastry)

• ensaïmada menorquina

• “ensaïmada”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “ensaïmada”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025.
• “ensaïmada” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “ensaïmada” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.