Description

Sugarcane syrup biscuits are a Madeira staple made with sugarcane honey, is one of the most popular delicacies of Madeira gastronomy available and consumed throughout the year but intensely made in the holiday christmas season traditionally pairing Madeira fine liqueurs.
Sugarcane and the honey-syrup extracted from it have a secular bound in the economy and life of Madeira people. Its current wealthy production attests the strong historical and cultural Island roots. Ingredients: Flour, butter, sugarcane syrup, eggs, cinnamon, cloves, nutmeg, salt and yeast.

Tasting Notes
The packaging of these Sugarcane Syrup Biscuits allows the optimum conservation of these delicious artisanal, crispy and very tasty cookies, ensuring the maintenance of all its flavors and consistency for at least six months, in perfect conditions
Enjoy these Sugarcane Biscuits at tea-time or coffee-break, with milk at breakfast, limonade or cracked in the ice cream at dessert.
A sweet offer to a friend or family for showing the authentic Madeira flavors.

History
Sugarcane was introduced in Madeira around 1425, the first stakes were imported from Sicily on the orders of Prince Henry of Portugal, that was, shortly after the beginning of the colonization of the island. The healthy adaptability, made this culture, rather longed as a crucial economic sector thereby creating a significant wellbeing on the island compared to other purely survival crops (such as wheat and some vegetables known at the time).
In 1846 the culture of sugarcane developed greatly with the production of rum generalized throughout the island whilst factories appeared in every villages. This boost has helped increase sugar production in 1856, keeping on development until 1882, whereas a terrible scourge caused irreparable damage to sugarcane plantations. However, a replacement of different varieties of reeds gave way to an intensification of sugar production and rum that would bring a new impetus to the cultivation of sugarcane until in 1918. At this time a preventive measure against alcoholism led to the reduction of plantations in general, causing another crisis which contributed to the dramatic decline of this production.
Currently the occupied área of sugarcane is about 135 ha, with lower crop área but higher index productivity - farmers began other types of agricultural crops, particularly with banana, vegetables, tropical fruits, subtropical and vineyards . Sugarcane plantations are commun in Calheta, Machico and Ribeira Brava municipalities