{"id":20615,"date":"2025-10-01T17:27:13","date_gmt":"2025-10-01T16:27:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/casamira2025.casamira.es\/the-history-of-the-san-isidro-doughnuts\/"},"modified":"2025-10-01T17:27:13","modified_gmt":"2025-10-01T16:27:13","slug":"the-history-of-the-san-isidro-doughnuts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/casamira.es\/en\/the-history-of-the-san-isidro-doughnuts\/","title":{"rendered":"The history of the San Isidro Doughnuts"},"content":{"rendered":"

Few things are as Madrilenian as San Isidro doughnuts<\/strong>. But why are they so popular, what is the history of the San Isidro doughnuts, are all doughnuts the same…?<\/p>\n

When do you eat the rosquillas del santo?<\/h2>\n

\"when<\/p>\n

Every May 15, <\/strong>the people of Madrid take a stroll through the Pradera de San Isidro to celebrate their patron saint’s festivities.<\/p>\n

Dressed as chulos and chulapas, they stroll up and down the street, after visiting the hermitage of San Isidro<\/strong>, among the intense smell of the fried chicken and the ins and outs and the donut <\/strong> stalls of the Saint. <\/strong> <\/p>\n

No one leaves without buying at least one donut, because once you’ve tried one, the experience is as addictive as a grandmother’s tortilla de patata.<\/p>\n

What kind of San Isidro doughnuts are there?<\/h2>\n

\"Rosquillas<\/p>\n

Hundreds of donuts are displayed on the trays of street stalls and, although there is always an innovative stall that offers some culinary invention, the truth is that there are only four main flavors.<\/p>\n