Route of confectionery made in convents & monasteries

In Madrid, in the Corpus Christi Monastery, is the congregation of the Jerónimas, called “Las Carboneras” (The Carboneras) because of a painting of the Immaculate Conception found in their coal yard. It is a convent that is worth visiting. Located in the city centre, in the heart of the Barrio de los Austrias, on Calle Conde de Miranda, 3. The smell of aniseed that comes from the convent leads us to buy, through the lathe, some delicious sweets made by hand by the nuns.

In the San Diego Convent (Callejón de Santa María, 3), the Poor Clares make their renowned sugared almonds. These nuns, commonly called "almendreras" [almond trees] or "las Diegas de Alcalá", sell their confectionery through their turnstile every day.

In Loeches, the sisters of the Discalced Carmelites Convent (Plaza de la Duquesa de Alba, 3) prepare XNUMX% artisan jams and marmalades with sugar and seasonal fruit picked directly from their allotment. The Carmelite figs are the most characteristic product made at the convent.

In the Monastery of the Immaculate Conception of Chinchón, the Clarissa nuns make numerous types of sweets, highlighting the fried donuts, soplillos, snow-covered ice creams, almond praline nougat and almond paste with marzipan dough. At Easter you can also buy the traditional hornazos.

The Poor Clares Convent in Valdemoro specialises in Castilian pastries, chocolate truffles, tuna empanadas or almond cake, as well as other sweet delicacies such as grandmother's almendrados, heart-shaped pastries and florecillas.