Present on the menu of almost all the restaurants in Madrid, the cheese cake has been the fashionable dessert for a few years.

And, although for tastes, colors, we already have the best in Spain, made with fresh cheese: Cañadío Madrid has just won the

I National Championship of cheese cakes made with fresh cheese from Burgos,

held today in the Burgos city of Lerma .

Nicolás Reyes Ruiz

, from Cañadío Madrid (dining room of the homonymous hotel group led by

Paco Quirós

and whose icons include the cheese cake), took first place in the final, after a blind tasting in which they participated Gemma García García (

Mannix

Restaurant

, in Campaspero, Valladolid), who has been in second place.

Also in the final were Darío del Monte González, (Gastro-brewery

Selva

, in Cebreros, Ávila), Álvaro Holgado Fernández (owner of

Chef Alia Pastry Shop

, in Cáceres) and Fidel López Sendino (

Juarreño Alta Pastelería

, in Burgos).

Winning slice of cake.

The five finalists

(selected by the jury from among all the participants who appeared in the contest) have prepared their cakes this morning live and have had to use

fresh cheese from Burgos

(

70%)

in their preparation

, as was traditionally done, a requirement Essential to compete in the contest, whose jury has been chaired by

Paco Torreblanca,

elected Best Pastry Chef in the World on several occasions. He has been accompanied by the pastry chef Ricardo Vélez (Moulin Chocolat), the chef Nino Redruello (Fismuler), Estela Gutiérrez (second place in the Revelation Pastry Chef of Madrid Fusión 2021) and José Carlos Capel (gastronomic critic and founder of Madrid Fusión).

With this award, Nicolás Reyes Ruiz, whose dessert has received the unanimous applause of the jury, becomes an ambassador for Burgos cheese, representing the Diputación de Burgos in the live cooking demonstration that will take place in

Madrid Fusión 2022

.

Family photo of the five finalists

The objective of this championship, sponsored by the Burgos Provincial Council and the Burgos Alimenta brand, is to promote the use of fresh cheese from Burgos as the main ingredient in cheesecakes.

The winning restaurant, Cañadío, and his

brothers

(La Maruca Velázquez and Castellana, La Bien Aparecida and La Primera) sign one of the

most acclaimed

cakes

in

the capital and one of the

great specialties

of the Cantabrian group's dining rooms.

The secret of this dessert that they

make daily

is, among other things, in the fresh cheese that is used and in the

control of the temperature

and the baking time.

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