Nineteen cloistered monasteries in the province of Seville are participating this year in XLI Confectionery Exhibition of the Province of Seville Which will be held from December 5 to 8. On the fifth day, working hours will be from 3 to 6:30 pm. … On days 6, 7 and 8 from 10 am to 6:30 pm. Entry will be through Court of knowledge in the real Alcázar.
Osuna, the beautiful Ducal villa, is the heroine of this edition. The monastery is his The Carmelites of San Pedro and their Franciscan Monastery of the Immaculate Conception This year they are the flag of an exhibition synonymous with quality in the products used, and craftsmanship details, some innovative and others dating back centuries.
The Carmelite Monastery of San Pedro, located on Cristo Street, which was completely renovated in the early years of this century because the buildings were in ruins, today houses a community of Ten nunsNine from Colombia and one from Spain, Sor Patrocinho. These nuns previously devoted themselves to embroidery, and since 2009 they have been making sweets as a means of living, but the abbess’ Sister Carmen says they also mark napkins, and make parchment and baptism candles. This is their third exhibition and as a new one they will send out wonderful ones Vanilla cupcakesnext to Sesame cakes, truffles, egg yolks, muffins, bistinios with sugar, cinnamon and 500 grams of biscuits filled with chocolate.. On the wheel they also sell sugar- and lactose-free pies, 900-gram filled sponge cakes, ocius cakes and brown sponge cakes, typical of Osuna, honey, sugar and cinnamon pistinios, and upon request sugar- and lactose-free sweets, gypsy arms with cocoa, vanilla and hazelnut pastries. The aprons of these nuns contain a shield bearing the Obrador de Nazaret flag and the Virgin, Saint Joseph and the Child Jesus are all represented with chef’s hats. They are now restoring and expanding their cemetery in the same monastery, which was in a very bad condition.
In the Conceptionists’ workshop: Sister Maria and other nuns prepare delicious Moroccan sponge cakes
Some very special cakes
On Seville Street, there is the lathe of the Purisima Concepcion Monastery of the Franciscans who years ago had a dry cleaning shop, until they inherited the recipe from the famous Moroccan sponge cakes From Écija when they welcomed the Franciscan friars in that city who had to close their monastery.
About twenty nuns make up this community, and have also welcomed the Sisters of Fuente del Maestre de Badajoz. Ten of them are from Tanzania, and three from Kenya, including two applicants. Sister María Dolores, who has been at the convent for 40 years, twenty of them as superior, is from Madrid, Sister Manuela from Osuna, Sister Maritza from Costa Rica, Sister Encarnacion from Cordoba, and Sister Beatriz, 93, from La Albuera, Badajoz, and came to Osuna from the Fuente del Maestre community, like Sister Dulce. Nombre, born in the same city.
Mercedarias of La Encarnación will not attend the fair this year and will only sell their products in Osuna
The Franciscans make wonderful Moroccan sponge cakes all year round, receiving the fame and recognition they deserve Fried cakes. Also during Holy Week they do this Torrejas And in a season quince Desserts from this fruit such as quince flesh. Last year they achieved 200 kilograms. They also make toilet soap, glycerin, soap with oil and caustic for washing.
For the first time since the fair was organized, this year, the Mercedarias of La Encarnación team, also from Osuna, will be absent from the Alcazar event. They decide not to go because they are few in number and sell their sweets to tourists who visit their monastery museum after visiting the collegiate church. These delicious dishes Truffles, San Ramon Nonato Limitas, Chocolate Rocks, Bartolus, Similar to Pistinius, Anise chunks, lemon cakes, Seville tarts with almonds, almandrados, coconut balls, peronella and tropical..