Pastissets

Perhaps the most beloved sweet by the Menorcans is the pastisset, with its star shape, it is another of the gastronomic treasures hidden on the island of Menorca and that must be discovered.

Its star shape with rounded tips reveals that it is a pastry of Jewish origin that, like other products, was Christianised. The moulds used to shape them range from 4 to 7 points. The 4 and 5 point moulds are used to make the plain or empty pastissets, while the 6 and 7 point moulds are used to make the pastries filled with quince jam, fig jam (figat) or the preserve made with pumpkin and apple.

They are part of the pastries with which guests are entertained at the main name day celebrations and are enjoyed both at dessert time and after dinner, accompanied by a glass of sweet wine. Decades ago, when the custom of marriage proposals still existed, when the groom's parents went to the bride's house to formally initiate the relationship and commitment between the two, they, the hosts, invited their future in-laws to some pastissets and a glass of sweet wine, Mistela or Malvasía from the island.