The spiral-shaped Spanish breakfast pastry traditionally associated with Mallorca is the ensaimada.
An ensaimada is a round, coiled pastry made from a sweet, fermented dough enriched with pork lard. The dough is stretched thin, rolled or coiled into a spiral, allowed to rise, and baked. Finished pastries are commonly dusted with powdered sugar.
Ensaimadas are a specialty of Mallorca in the Balearic Islands and have long been part of the island's bakery tradition. They may be eaten plain or filled with ingredients such as pumpkin jam, cream, chocolate, or sobrasada, a Mallorcan cured sausage.
The word is linked to saïm, the Catalan term for pork lard. This ingredient is why an ensaimada is distinct from a generic sweet roll or cinnamon spiral. Its protected geographic status also reflects its close connection with Mallorca.