For 123 years, the Prat Can Carriel pastry shop has been sweetening the lives of its neighbors in the Barcelona town of Roda de Ter. Located in the Osana region, Prat Can Carriel is a pastry reference that is now in its fourth generation and that, among his medals, today he can hang a new one.
Neither more nor less than the honor of make the Best Artisan Croissant in Spain, an award that is not new to them, since in 2017 they were crowned with the award. Beating almost sixty competitors in the final, the competition held at the Gremio Pastry School of Barcelona has made this delicacy from Prat Can Carriel the best croissant in Spain.
They have said that its secret is in “its taste and the honeycombing of its interior”, two fundamental keys in a competition that tests the artisan talent of some of the best pastry chefs in Spain and that, among other ingredients, they must Use butter to give life to these croissants.
Under the command of Gil Prat i Parcetthe pastry chef in charge of this legendary bakery, Prat Can Carriel has transcended beyond the borders of Roda de Ter, this small town of barely 7,000 inhabitants, also sweetening the life of the Osona region, known for a first-rate sausage tradition.
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There he launches a classic and modern pastry mix where there is no shortage of dry pasta, nougat, jams and, obviously, their croissants and, when the season dictates, the essential panellets.
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