Cuban pastry

Cuban pastries are delightful puff pastries filled with an array of sweet and savory fillings. Traditionally, sweet options include treats like quesitos (cream cheese), pastelitos de guayaba (guava), pineapple, and coconut, all made with sweetened fruit pulps. The cream cheese filling is slightly sweetened, offering a flavor reminiscent of cheesecake.

On the savory side, popular fillings include beef, chicken, or ham and cheese, all seasoned in a tomato-based sauce with raisins and green olives. Interestingly, even the savory pastries are often topped with a sweet glaze.

These pastries are perfect for snacking and are particularly popular in Miami, where they are commonly enjoyed with coffee throughout the day at window cafeterias. You can easily find them in Hispanic bakeries, and they've even entered the American retail market, thanks to companies like Goya Foods. For those in the foodservice industry, wholesale options are available from companies such as Latin Flavors, a Hispanic wholesale frozen bakery manufacturer.