Something sweet?

I have almost reached my limit with sugar now. But what sort of person could resist this?
It was a present from Barcelona and came wrapped in the usual pretty paper that bakers specialise in here.  It is called a Coca and is a speciality of Catalunya. They can be sweet or savoury and open or closed. This one is open and sweet. The closed ones often look a little boring when you see them in the bakers but filled with that wonderful custard cream are totally irresistable to me. The pastry in a good coca is light and soft and delicious.
These are some of the other temptations that are lying around the house
Turrons come in many different varieties and at special dinners are cut into small cubes and presented on a large plate. Neules are popular and look nice but don’t really do much for me.  I like the chocolate ones occasionally.  Everyone here LOVES the little packets at the front of the photo – they are polvorones and the supermarkets are full of them. They also come in a hundred different shapes and sizes but they have one thing in common – they break down into dry dust in your mouth and I hate them!  I feel bad about it but I do.

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2 thoughts on “Something sweet?

  1. There you go, we have different responses. I quite like polvorones and neules as well. Some of the turrons I like, some not so much, and my family are all different about which ones we like and that custard in the pastries, meh, not so much. Weird isn’t it. It is better than the nasty nocilla chocolate that some bakeries use in place of real chocolate in pastries. I’m very fussy that way.

  2. I agree – it’s great that we all like different things and as I have a tremendous sweet tooth I am puzzled that I don’t go for the polvorones. Perhaps I need to find some better ones….or perhaps better just to be pleased there is something sweet that I can say no to. Now you mention that chocolate in the pastries I also find some of it horrible. Wasn’t sure what the difference was. Is it something artificial? Kx

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