hueso de santo

Spanish

Noun

hueso de santo m (plural huesos de santo)

1. A cylindrical dessert consisting of marzipan originally filled with sweetened egg yolks, but today with other fillings, such as custard or jam.

Further reading

• “hueso de santo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014