An assortment of four different gorgeously soft Spanish biscuits and pastries, including crunchy almond delights, anise ring biscuits, and egg yolk crumble cakes and almond crumble cakes. Traditionally, before opening one, a Spanish person will even squeeze the biscuit to make it firmer! At the beginning of the second exile of the Cid, in 1089, Jimena was imprisoned with her children, Cristina, Diego and María by mandate of Alfonso VI of León and Castile. I bought these for my wife as she was really upset she won't get polverones for Christmas as normally her parents bring them over.

was the wife of El Cid, whom she married between July 1074 and 12 May 1076, [4] and her husband's successor as ruler of Valencia from 1099 to 1102.We age our Reposado for 7 months in American White Oak barrels, creating a bright profile accentuated by sweet agave and soft oak, with touches of toasted caramel and spice. From this point she was Lady of Valencia until 1102 when Alfonso VI, her kinsman, decided to set fire to and abandon the city to the Almoravids in response to the impossibility of defending it. Please always read the labels, warnings, and directions provided with the product before using or consuming a product.

They are made with wheatflour and ground almonds, lightly flavoured with either crunchy almonds, cocoa, wine flavour or cinnamon, and are very soft and as the name implies, powdery. Unfortunately they don't appear to travel well, as the majority of the cookies I received were crushed and crumbled. Each biscuit and pastry is made with ground almonds and flavoured further with either cocoa, cinnamon, wine or crunchy almond pieces. Today Doña Jimena sells its products around the world, becoming an ambassador of the Spain brand and exporting Spanish Christmas treats and the finest chocolate to some 70 countries on 5 continents. It is one of Spain's largest and most experienced producers of fine chocolates and Christmas specialities.

It proudly exports its products to more than 70 countries in Europe, North and South America, Middle East and Asia. Serve them after dinner with coffee and dessert wine or enjoy a couple with a mid-morning cup of tea. Each biscuit and pastry is made with ground almonds and flavoured further with either cinnamon or crunchy almond pieces.

Besides the mail brand, Doña Jimena, after well-known brand like Imperial Toledana are also manufactures and sold by the company. You will also find all kinds of chorizos, salchichón, longanizas and fuet, sobrasada from Mallorca and Cecina cured meats. You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie preferences, as described in the Cookie notice. These four types of biscuits are made with wheat flour and ground almonds, lightly flavoured with either crunchy almonds, egg yolk, anise and cinnamon. Receiving no public funding, the RA depends on the continuing generosity of our supporters and Friends.There is also little historical certainty as to whether she moved with him in this period to Asturias, although there exists some documentation to suggest that she maintained a presence even during periods of separation (a legal action from Tol in 1083). The 103 third parties who use cookies on this service do so for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalized ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products.