Convent Sweets (Dulces) in Granada
Many nuns in the convents of Granada earn their living selling sweets and confections. Their recipes come from the times of the Romans and Moors, which they have preserved over the ages. Unfortunately many convents are closing because they have fewer nuns. So this art may be lost in the future. Buying their sweets will help their convents and tourists can try something completely Spanish.
The procedure for buying the sweets is very archaic, but very charming. You enter the convent to a very small room with a lazy Susan installed on the wall. You never see the nun with whom you do the transaction, since the nuns are cloistered and avoid direct contact with the public.
On the wall beside the lazy Susan will be a pricelist. You look it over and decide which sweets you want to buy. Then you ring a buzzer on the wall. After a while you will hear the voice of a nun greet you and ask you what you want to buy. You tell her your order and after a few minutes the lazy Susan will turn and you will find your order on it. You then put your money on the lazy Susan and turn it so that the nun can get it. If there is change, the nun puts it on the lazy Susan and you then can get your change.
The transaction is completely based on trust, and that is why it is so very charming.
1. Real Monasterio de la Madre de Dios de las Comendadoras de Santiago
Calle Santiago, 20
Specialties: Frutas escarchadas, mermeladas , y mantecados.
2. Monasterio de San Jerónimo
Calle Rector Lopez Argueta
Tel: 958-279-337
Specialties: Almíbares.
3. Monasterio de San Bernardo
Calle Gloria, 2
Specialties: Mantecados, polvorones, nevaditas, batatines and quesito de Belén.
4. Monasterio de Santa Catalina de Zafra
Carrera del Darro, 39
Tel: 958-226-189
Specialties: Roscos de vino, polvorones, mantecados and bizcochada de Gloria.
5. Monasterio de Santa Isabel la Real
Santa Isabel la Real, 15
Tel: 958-200-688
6. Monasterio de la Encarnación
Plaza de la Encarnación, 1
Tel: 958-279-135
7. Monasterio del Santo Ángel
San Antón, 40
Tel: 958-262-653
8. Convento Santo Tomas de Villanueva Agustinas Recoletas
Callejon Tomasas, 23
Tel: 958-279-575