Editing Catalan cuisine (section)

==Sweets and desserts==
[[Image:Creme catalane.jpg|thumb|A ''crema catalana'']]
[[Image:xuixo obert.jpg|thumb|A ''xuixo'']]
[[Image:Panellets (surtido).jpg|thumb|A tray of ''panellets'', as they are typically served]]
* ''[[Crema catalana]]'', the famous yellow cream made with [[egg yolk]], [[milk]] and [[sugar]], whose denseness is between a ''[[crème pâtissière]]'' or ''[[natillas]]'' and a [[Flan (pie)|flan]]; used to stuff a great amount of pastries, or to make simple desserts with, for example, fruit, and that is also eaten in a small flat pottery plate, after covering the cream with white crystal sugar and burning it, in order to create a layer of solid sugar that has to be broken with a small spoon before reaching the cream.
* ''[[Mató de Pedralbes]]'' or ''mató de monja'' is another kind of Catalan cream, similar to ''crema catalana'', originating in [[Barcelona]].
* ''[[Blancmange|Menjablanc]]'' or ''menjar blanc'', typical of [[Reus]] but eaten all over Catalonia, is a kind of white cream made with [[almond]]s, from which a sort of milk is first obtained, followed by a cream to be eaten with a small spoon.
* ''{{interlanguage link|Peres de Lleida|ca}}'' is a typical dessert originated in [[Lleida]] composed of peeled pears cooked in a kind of lighter ''crema catalana'' and served cold, covered by meringue and decorated with cherries.
* ''[[Xuixo]]s'' are fried pastries created in [[Girona]] and stuffed with ''crema catalana''.
* ''[[Mel i mató]]'', a dessert of ''[[mató]]'' cheese with [[honey]].
* ''[[Pastisset]]s'', or ''casquetes'', ''de cabell d'àngel'' are sweet half-circle shaped pastries stuffed with [[cabell d'àngel]] (a sort of marrow jam) and covered with white crystal sugar which are eaten at coffee time.
* ''[[Carquinyoli]]s'' are little crunchy almond biscuits often eaten at coffee time.
* ''[[Catànies]]'' are Catalan '' marcona'' almonds covered with white chocolate and powdered black chocolate to be eaten with coffee.
* ''{{interlanguage link|pets de monja|es}}'' are small nipple-shaped and -sized biscuits also eaten at coffee time. At first they were called ''pits de monja'' (nuns' nipples) but time has changed their name to the current ''pets de monja'' (nuns' farts).
* Sweet ''[[Coca (pastry)|coques]]'' were at first eaten only on holidays. Catalans have at least one type of traditional ''coca'' for each holiday and feast day of the year.
* ''{{interlanguage link|Orelletes|es}}'' are thin fried pastries covered with sugar and eaten during [[Carnival]]. They also exist in nearby regions in Spain or France.
* Sweet ''[[Buñuelos|bunyols]]'' as ''bunyols de vent'', ''bunyols'' stuffed with ''crema catalana'' or ''bunyols de l'Empordà'' are typically done and eaten on Wednesdays and Fridays during Lent.
* ''[[Easter mona|Mona de Pasqua]]'' is a pastry richly covered with almonds, yolk jam, chocolate eggs (or, currently, large chocolate sculptures) and coloured decoration that the godfather and godmother give as a present every year to their godchildren on Easter (''Pasqua''). It is an ancient pre-Christian tradition which marked the passage from childhood to the adult world. At first, it has one egg for each year of the children's age, and continuing to add one egg each year until twelve, as at thirteen they are no longer considered children.
* ''[[Panellet]]s'' are small pastries made of pine nuts, almonds and sugar with different shapes and flavors, eaten during la ''[[Castanyada]]'', which Catalans celebrate on 1 November instead of [[Halloween]]. Their origin is Jewish, before the Middle Ages, but the tradition of ''castanyada'' is much older.
* ''[[Tortell (pastry)|Tortell]]'', also called ''torta'' or ''roscó'' in Northern and Southern dialects. It is round, it can be made of puff pastry or a mixture similar to ''lionesas'' and ''palos'', and stuffed with ''trufa'' (a mixture of cacao, chocolate and cream) or with ''crema catalana''. It is typically bought and eaten after Sunday's lunch, in family or with friends. A common alternative is called the ''[[braç de gitano]]'' ([[Romani people|Gypsy]]'s arm), that in Catalonia is always covered with yolk jam.
* A specific ''tortell'' is in fact a special ''[[coca (pastry)|coca]]'' that Catalans only eat on the Day of the Three Kings (6 January) which is called ''[[Roscón|tortell de reis]]'' (or ''galeta de reis'' in Northern Catalonia) a typical ring-shaped pastry stuffed with [[marzipan]] or Catalan cream (''crema catalana'') and topped with glazed fruit and nuts.
* ''[[Turrón|Torró]]'', a Christmas sweet made with almonds with [[Protected designation of origin|DAO]] of [[Agramunt]] ([[Lleida]]).
* ''[[Neula|Neules]]'' are also eaten on Christmas in Catalonia. They are dipped in ''[[Catalan wine#Cava|cava]]'' (Catalan champagne). They have the same origin as [[waffle]]s and Belgian ''[[Belgian waffle|Goffres]]''.