Little turnovers of wine-and-lard pastry filled with ground walnuts, sugar and anise, fried and rolled in sugar.
What makes it casadielles
A short dough made with white wine and lard or butter.
A filling of ground walnuts, sugar and anise.
Fried, then rolled in sugar.
Where it comes from
They're a sweet of Antroxu, the Asturian carnival, and of feast days through the year, made at home in batches. The walnuts come from the trees around the farmhouses, and the anise from the bottle kept for guests.
Some bake them rather than fry them; either way they're rolled in sugar while still warm.