Pack of Las Tortas de Encarna olive oil tortas with one unwrapped on the table

Andalusia

Handmade olive oil tortas

Inma y Encarna Rivas in Carmona · Pack of 6 tortas

£4.30

VAT included

In London you can find it in these shops.

Before you order it to your door, see if a shop is near you. They keep it for you and you pick it up when it suits you.

  • Colmado Hackney

    Chatsworth Road 61, London

    Tue to Fri 12:00 to 20:00 · Sat to Sun 11:00 to 17:00

  • Despensa Northcote

    Northcote Road 74, London

    Mon to Fri 10:00 to 19:00 · Sat 10:00 to 17:00

If there is no shop near you, we send it to your door.

Delivery to United Kingdom: £17.10, 4 to 6 days.

Delivery already includes customs and taxes. You pay nothing more when it arrives.

Hamburg shop with wooden shelves where a shopkeeper slices cheese
Encarna Rivas and her daughter Inma at the work table of their Carmona bakery
Las Tortas de EncarnaSince 1990

Who makes it

Encarna Rivas started making olive oil tortas in her kitchen at home in Carmona in 1990. She sold them to the town's bars wrapped in brown paper. Today she is sixty-six and has a workshop with four women in it.

Inma Rivas and the women of the bakery stretch tortas by hand in Carmona

Her daughter Inma spent twelve years in a call centre in Seville. In 2020 the office closed and she came to work with her mother in the workshop. At first it was only meant to be for a few months.

Inma Rivas's hands stretch a torta until it is very thin

Every torta is stretched out by hand, one at a time. Inma says a machine would make them all the same, and that is exactly what she does not want. As long as people keep asking for them, there will be five of them in the workshop.

How it is made

  1. Hands knead flour with olive oil, aniseed and sesame

    01

    Flour is kneaded with extra virgin olive oil, aniseed and sesame seeds.

  2. Encarna Rivas stretches each ball of dough by hand on the table

    02

    Each ball of dough is stretched out by hand on the table until it is very thin.

  3. A baker sprinkles sugar on the tortas and puts them in the oven

    03

    Sugar is sprinkled on top and they bake until the edges turn golden.

  4. Hands wrap each torta in waxed paper one by one

    04

    They are wrapped one by one in waxed paper.

The Seville countryside seen from the walls of Carmona with wheat and olives

Andalusia

Carmona sits on a ridge above the Seville countryside, with Roman walls and white streets. From the top you can see mile after mile of wheat and olive groves.

See the region
Olive oil torta broken in half showing thin layers, aniseed and sesame

What we are allowed to say

They are made with extra virgin olive oil, with no lard or margarine. The aniseed and sesame come from the same old recipe.

What the studies say, on the blog

What they do so it lasts

  1. 01Each one wrapped in waxed paper, with no plastic bag inside.
  2. 02The oven runs on the solar panels on the workshop roof.
  3. 03The oil comes from a mill in the area.
Solar panels on the bakery roof among the white rooftops of Carmona

Where your money goes

Inma y Encarna Rivas
£1.90
48%
Transport
£0.30
8%
@seis
£0.60
16%
The shop or home delivery
£1.10
28%

Out of £3.90, the price before VAT. The VAT, £0.40, goes to the state.

How we work
A Copenhagen shopkeeper places jars on a wooden shelf

What the label says

Format
Pack of 6 tortas
Ingredients
Wheat flour, extra virgin olive oil (20%), sugar, sesame seeds, aniseed, salt and yeast.
Allergens
Contains gluten (wheat) and sesame.
Storage
In a dry place, in their pack.
Best before
4 months from baking.
Seal
No seal
Made in
Carmona, Andalusia
Hands wrap each torta in waxed paper one by one
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