Tours of Andalusian Gastronomy
Sweet Andalusia
HUELVA,
CADIZ, GRANADA, MALAGA, JAEN, CORDOVA, SEVILLE, ALMERIA
Andalusia is probably the region that best satisfies the sweet-toothed.
The great Arab and Jewish influence in our land determined
our love for all that sweet to the palate.
Jaen is the door to Andalusia. In Guarromán, we shall come
across irs famed hojaldres de cabello de ángel or angel's hair feuillettes. If coming from the Albacete road,
it is a must to try the delicious sweets made by the sisters
of St. Clare and by the Carmelite nuns in Úbeda, their
delicious tortas de manteca and other such sweets.
In Mancha Real, the traveller will delight in its sponge cakes
and wine doughnuts. Once in Jaén, the nuns in the convent
of the Discalced Carmelites prepare some ochíos, and those of St. Ursula's some yemas and rosquillas
de San Blas which are a delicacy. Twenty kilometres from
the provincial capital, the Trinitarian sisters of Martos
work, on order, making mostachones, pestiños, aniseed doughnouts (roscos de anís) and costradas.
The sisters of St. Clare of Jesus in Alcaudete, village also
famous for its "mantecados" and "polvorones",
produce as a speciality huesos de santo (literally
"saint's bones) and cider turnovers.
The convents of Alcalá la Real provide "magdalenas",
"pestiños", oil tarts and pastries (Trinitarians);
or on order, cuajados de almendra y almíbar (almond and syrup curdles) and almond doughnuts (Dominicans).
The pastel cordobés, made of puff pastry and angel's
hair, and occasionally ham, is famous in the provincial capital
of Cordova. The Cistersian sisters prepare "pestiños"
(honey-coated pancakes) and fry doughnuts; and at Christmas,
"yemas" (sweet made of egg yolk and sugar) and "mantecados"
(buns) variedly flavoured. The sisters of St. Clare Elizabeth
have given fame to mojicones (sponge cakes) and "palmeras"
(palm-shaped pastries).
In the heart of the Subbética mountains you find Rute,
famous for its anise liquors, its buns and nougats. Close
by, you'll find Cabra and its convent of Recollet Augustinians
which provide the most demanding plates with bizcoletas (iced cakes). Quince jam from Puente Genil has been known
to feed half of Spain's school children. Two confectioners'
in Aguilar de la Frontera contend to attract the staunch lovers
of merengas de café (coffee flavoured meringues), cortadillos de coco (coconut pasties) and wine doughnuts.
In Granada, convent sweets are distributed among the local
families. The Mothers of St. James have delicious syrups,
sweet potato powder and chocolate "bones";
the Recollect Augustinians make, on order, a curious sweet
they call figs. Almost without leaving Granada, the
visitor will find, in Santa Fe, its piononos, delicious
babas with cream.
The rest of the provinces also boast a tradition in the confection
of sweets. Worthy of mention is the village of Medina Sidonia,
in Cadiz, cradle of the "alfajor" (sort of macaroon);
the "mantecados" of Estepa and Antequera; the famous yemas del tajo from Ronda; the very delicate doughnouts
from Olula del Río, the cream rolls of Vélez
Blanco and the macaroons from Huércal in Almeria; or
the very unique tocino de cielo, or hevean's bacon,
from Jerez, which originated from the yolks left over in the
wine cellars, where the egg whites used to clarify the wine.
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