First nougat store in Madrid with
Artisanal Manufacturing and Traditional Ingredients
We also offer candies, marzipan, polvorones, candied fruit, among others.
CASA MIRA offers the "best nougat in Spain", artisan and traditional.
Located in an unbeatable location very close to the Cortes and Puerta del Sol, in the heart of Madrid de los Austrias. 157 years ago Luis Mira , a master nougat artisan with an unusual entrepreneurial vision for the time, wanted to try his luck in Madrid. He left his native Jijona with a cart pulled by two donkeys, loaded with nougat, and set off for the capital. The story (almost turned into a legend) tells that he had to restart his journey up to four times, as he sold the goods before reaching Madrid, his destination, because of how delicious and tasty they are.
"Since its founding in 1855, this century-old house of nougat has become a place of pilgrimage for the sweet-toothed devotees. Its secrets: artisanal recipes, first class products and an exquisite attention to its loyal clientele".
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EL PAIS
CASA MIRA manufactures handmade nougat, without yielding to supposed advances that focus more on quantity than quality, they are 100% handmade , which through them, are considered the best nougat in Spain and for this reason is that they are sent to various destinations nationally and internationally. But their specialty is not only nougat, they also sell all kinds of varieties of extraordinary sweets for the palate as marzipans, candied fruit, polvorones and other delicatessen. He started his business in 1842 in a stall in the Plaza Mayor and today is one of the most significant nougat stores in Europe. When Luis Mira arrived in Madrid, he was 21 years old and had an entrepreneurial spirit that would make his nougat factory become a supplier of the royal House of Isabel II, Amadeo de Saboya, Alfonso XII, the Regency of María Cristina and Alfonso XIII.
In addition, Luis Mira won a Grand Prix at the Universal Exposition of Paris in 1899 , which clearly illustrates the importance of this establishment near the Congress of Deputies. The extraordinary quality of the raw material and its careful preparation, made the fame of Mira's nougats spread quickly. Luis Mira had five children, four girls and a boy who died at the age of twenty-four. The surname has been lost in his heirs Carlota Mira, the eldest daughter, married to Vicente Ibañez from Alicante, who took the reins of the company after her father's death. In the 20th century the business was run by the married couple Carlos Ibañez and Ángela Cremades and then continued to be run by their son Carlos Ibañez until the beginning of the 21st century. The current "Sons successors of Luis Mira", as the sign at the entrance says, are the sixth generation that descends through the direct line of that Luis Mira, which is currently managed by his great-great-grandson Carlos Ibañez Méndez, who continues preserving the artisan methods and always achieving the best quality.When Luis Mira arrived in Madrid he was 21 years old and had an enterprising spirit that would make his nougat factory become a supplier of the royal House of Isabel II, of Amadeo de Saboya, of Alfonso XII, of the Regency of María Cristina and of Alfonso XIII.