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THE FILLOA DE LESTEDO FESTIVAL
The Filloa de Lestedo Festival is a gastronomic initiative to promote this traditional Galician dessert that is characteristic of Carnival time. Tastings, cooking shows, music, Generals of the Ulla, and filloa-making machines make up the programme of activities of this event that has been renowned as Galician Festival of Tourist Interest since 2008, which has been held for the 41st time this year.
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THE RECIPE OF THE FILLOA DE LESTEDO
Dating from Roman times, the Filloa de Lestedo is made with wheat flour, eggs, water, and salt. With this basis, we obtain a delicious dish that can be used as a base for a wide ranging of versions, from traditional to modern. A product with high gastronomic value.
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Dating from Roman times, the Filloa de Lestedo is made with wheat flour, eggs, water, and salt. With this basis, we obtain a delicious dish that can be used as a base for a wide ranging of versions, from traditional to modern. A product with high gastronomic value.
Opening Speech
The two Michelin-Star chef Javier Olleros (restaurant “Culler de Pau”, in O Grove) will deliver the opening speech at the 41st festival edition. He talked about the singularity of the product and about the gastronomic versatility of Filloas de Lestedo.
The two Michelin-Star chef Javier Olleros (restaurant “Culler de Pau”, in O Grove) will deliver the opening speech at the 41st festival edition. He will talk about the product and he will test the gastronomic versatility of Filloas de Lestedo.
PROGRAMME
Filloíña Festival
A day full of different activities for children in Lestedo’s Campo da Festa (fairground).
4 PM. Traditional games
5 PM. Performance by Musical Groups of <<Mestre Manuel Gacio>> Cultural Association, Campiños de Sarandón and Travesas de Codeso
6.00 PM. Opening Speech
With the collaboration of pupils from the 4th year of CPIP Antonio Orza Couto Primary School
6.15 PM. “Atranques” (blockades) of the little Generals of the Ulla
7.00 PM. Tasting of sweet Filloas de Lestedo
For those participating in the fancy-dress competition.
7.15 PM. Fancy-Dress Competition(up to age 16) and children’s festival.
Prizes:
- Group. 1st prize, € 200, and 2nd prize, € 150
- Individual. 1st prize, € 100, and 2nd prize, € 50
20.00 horas. Uxía Lambona e a Banda Molona Concert
Filloa Cooking
5.00 PM. “Filloeira” School for children (from 10 up to 18 years old)
Filloa Cooking
7 PM. “Gluten free Lestedo”. Showcooking starring the chefs Roberto Filgueira (O Balado Restaurant) and José Manuel Mallón with the preparation of recipes suitable for celiacs. (Collaborates: ACEGA).
Filloa Cooking
7 PM. “Filloa Accesible”. Workshop and showcooking in sign language starring chef José Manuel Mallón. (Collaboration: APSSC)
Filloa Folk Festival
Festival featuring performances by traditional groups and renowned artists in Lestedo’s Campo de la Fiesta (fairground). There will be sales stands of Filloas de Lestedo.
7.45 PM. Performance by Roibén
8.30 PM. Performance by Budiño
11.00 PM. Performance by A Requinta da Laxeira
Lestedo Filloa Festival’s main day
The Campo da Fiesta (fairground) will be the venue of the 41st Lestedo Filloa Festival’s main day with numerous activities, as well as the tasting and sale of Lestedo Filloas with or without a filling.
8.00 PM. Lighting of “Filloeiras” (filloa-making machines)
11.00 AM. Performance by musical groups belonging to the Mestre Manuel Gacio Cultural Association
12.00 PM. 7th Great Inter-municipal Parade of the Generals of the Ulla along 26 Avenue as far as the Campo da Festa (fairground)
1.00 PM. Official opening of the festival, presented by the actress María Mera, with the opening speech by the two Michelin-Star chef Javier Olleros (Culler de Pau restaurant – O Grove)
1.45 PM. “Atranque” of the Generals of the Ulla
2.30 PM. Open-air dance featuring Grupo Ibiza
3.00 PM. Filloa Stew. Stew in the Lestedo pavilion, with prior reservation
6.00 PM. Performance by Origin Group and París de Noia orchestra
The 41st Festa da Filloa de Lestedo in figures
+ 45.000
participants in the different
activities
+ 70.000
Lestedo Filloas savoured
on the main day of the festival
+ 1 M €
of expenditure in the town
and surroundings
+ 200
local residents involved
in orgnanising the event
THE ULLA CARNIVAL
The Carnival of the Generals of the Ulla also forms part of the Filloa de Lestedo Festival programme. This is a traditional Carnival, declared to be of Galician Tourist Interest, that takes place in 8 municipal districts in the provinces of A Coruña and Pontevedra. Every year, Lestedo becomes the epicentre of this event featuring a gathering of the Generals of the Ullas, which brought together more than fifty horse riders this year.
LOCATION
The event takes place in the parish of Lestedo, in the municipal district of Boqueixón, A Coruña, on the first Sunday of Lent. The programme lasts for two weeks and includes all types of cultural, gastronomic, and leisure events.
15881 Lestedo. Boqueixón (A Coruña)
GPS Coordinates: 42.7141538, -8.3856263
17 minutes by car from Santiago de Compostela
23 minutes by car from Rosalía de Castro Airport
26 minutes by bus from Santiago's intermodal station
NEWS
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The 41st Lestedo Festival broke all records. “For the first time we have significantly exceeded the 100,000 filloas distributed, half of them
The “Filloa”Cooking program concluded its second year yesterday with the Accesible Filloa workshop, which was developed in sign language. Twenty members of
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