The place where we had our celebration breakfast in Sabadell yesterday had a bakers shop upstairs and a cafe in the basement.  They had arranged the downstairs space very cleverly and along one side there was a huge window looking onto a tiny narrow patio with natural light and plants so you didn’t feel like you were in a dark lifeless cellar.  On the other wall there was also a window dividing the seating area from the kitchen and in the kitchen there were three people making panallets

What are panallets?
They are little sweet cakes which are the traditional dessert on the holiday of All Saints, otherwise known as the Castanyada.  They are often served with a sweet wine such as Vi Ranci – we have a couple of lovely bottles of that in the cupboard. It comes from Falset

Panallets are made from almonds and sugar and the most traditional ones are covered in pine nuts. The shops are full of them just now and we also have all the ingredients to make some of our own this weekend!  If it works out I will take photos and put the recipe on here