{{Short description|Spanish confectionery sweets}} {{more citations needed|date=September 2011}} {{Infobox prepared food | name = Fartons | image = Fartons Polo.jpg | image_size = 250px | caption = Fartons Polo | alternate_name = | country = Spain | region = Valencia | creator = | course = | type = | served = | main_ingredient = Flour, milk, sugar, oil, eggs and a leavening agent | variations = | calories = | other = }}
thumb|right|Fartons with horchata
'''Fartons''' ({{IPA|ca-valencia|faɾˈtons|lang}}, in singular: ''fartó'' {{IPA|ca-valencia|faɾˈto|}}; {{langx|es|fartón}} {{IPA|ca-valencia|faɾˈton|}}) are confectionery sweets typical of the Valencian town of Alboraia, Spain. Elongated and glazed with sugar, they are made of flour, milk, sugar, oil, eggs, and a leavening agent.
This delicate and spongy sweet is made for dipping in orxata or horchata, a drink made of tiger nuts that is served cold. Fartóns are also eaten with hot beverages such as hot chocolate or caffè latte.
==Origin== According to an apocryphal legend, James I of Aragon called the drink orxata "pure gold" because of its texture and sweetness. In the 1960s, the Polo family developed an oblong pastry that was sweet and delicate. It had a spongy texture that was perfect to soak up orxata. Because of its long shape, fartóns could also reach the bottom of a glass. This was the beginning of Fartóns Polo.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Álamo |first1=Alfredo |title=Los fartons, compañeros inseparables de la horchata |url=https://www.bonviveur.es/gastroteca/los-fartons-companeros-inseparables-de-la-horchata |publisher=Bon Viveur |access-date=6 June 2021|lang=es}}</ref>
==Variations== In the 1990s, the hospitality industry began to serve frozen pastries and with it a new variation of fartóns, the so-called flaky fartóns. Flaky fartóns are made with a different dough, resulting in a different texture. Other variations include spongy fartóns, made from wheat flour, sugar, sunflower oil, water, eggs, fresh yeast, bread supplements, and salt. A commercial variety of flaky fartóns are made with animal fat and have a denser consistency.
==Nutritional information== Spongy fartóns do not contain preservatives or artificial coloring. The nutritional facts for 100g of spongy fartóns are: calories: 372.6kcal/1559.1 kJ, protein: 9g, carbohydrates: 58.8g, and fat: 11.3g.
The nutritional facts for flaky fartóns are: calories: 413.3kcal/1729.2kJ, protein: 7.3g, carbohydrates: 51.7g, and fat: 19.7g.
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==External links== *[http://www.fartonspolo.com/ Fartons Polo]
Category:Spanish pastries Category:Valencian cuisine