I do not know much of where this tradition starts, I'm told that in England it was mandatory for royalty to help the poor by giving them a small bag of alms before the Mass that day; I'd like to think this was the origin of the Holy Thursday dessert festival that occurs on my house -without delay- right before going out to Visit the Churchs. (I swear in my head this makes sense!)
It all starts with a nice Friday's soup for lunch, this is as it's name says a soup made for the Holy Friday but we like it so much we see it fitting, anyway, afterwards we prepare an arrangement of different local desserts that normally include arroz con leche, mazamorra morada and mazamorra de leche, all of which is eaten with a big yummy cinammon bun.
This year my father asked for an specific dessert and of course I felt it was my time to help out and came out with a nice dose of Arroz zambito, another type of pudding and delicious to the last bit!
This is my own take on the recipe.
