Alfajor de Medina Sidonia

Alfajor de Medina Sidonia is a sweet gingerbread traditionally produced for centuries in the Municipality of Medina Sidonia. The original recipe dating back to the Arab period has remained unchanged, and to this day consists of honey, nuts, breadcrumbs and spices. Alfajor de Medina Sidonia is made by adding all the ingredients into warm honey and shaping the mixture into cylinders which are then cooled and dipped in syrup before they are coated with sugar and cinnamon powder. This gingerbread owns its characteristic taste to the traditional spice blend of coriander, cloves, aniseed, sesame and cinnamon.