Dulcería Nublo

Three generations of almond

Dulcería Nublo began in 1946, when Dolores Navarro started making marzipan and bienmesabe with her sister and her father at Casas del Lomo, selling them at the church door after Mass. She was followed by José Antonio Quintana and Rosa María Medina, and today the third generation runs it, José Antonio Quintana Medina, with the same recipes. It is on Tejeda's main street, Calle Doctor Hernández Guerra 15, and has an outdoor terrace with the Roque Bentayga opposite.

Bienmesabe and wood-oven marzipan

Tejeda is almond country, and what people take away from here most is almond. Bienmesabe, the almond cream eaten on its own or with ice cream; marzipan, including the wood-oven kind; Almendras de Tejeda and polvorones (crumbly almond shortbread). They also sell almond-blossom honey and tomato jam. The bienmesabe is sold in jars, handy to take away.

The palmera, in all its versions

The house speciality is palmeras (palmier-style puff pastries), and the list of flavours is long: chocolate, lemon, orange, banana, pistachio, nougat, dulce de leche, cheesecake and others made with brands such as Ferrero, Kinder, Lotus, Oreo, Lacasitos or Raffaello, as well as mini palmeras. On their website you can build your own by choosing a base and up to three toppings, and send it to them on Instagram. The counter is completed with puff pastries, tartlets, plaits, truchas (sweet pastry turnovers), suspiros (meringues), mille-feuilles, cakes, coquitos (coconut cakes) and mantecados (shortbread).

Ice cream on the terrace

They make artisan ice creams on three bases, water, Greek yoghurt and white, with flavours such as strawberry, passion fruit, pistachio, Ferrero or gofio. You eat them on the terrace, with the Bentayga in front of you. What there is each day depends on the season, so not every flavour or every palmera is always available.

Every day, from 8:00 to 20:00

It is open Monday to Sunday, from 8:00 to 20:00. It is right in the old town, a few steps from the church: leave the car in the village's public car park and walk down. Wall to wall is La Casa de la Almendra, for a meal before the sweet, and the walk round the old town and its museums starts on the same street. To ask what there is that day, call 928 666 030 or 609 672 642, or write to [email protected].