Occasionally when I’m grocery shopping; I’ll throw a new product in the cart, hoping to find that one food item that’ll… change my life. Mostly, it’s been more misses than hits; but I remain forever resilient and hopeful. This is how I ended up with a box of Ines Rosales Sweet Olive Tortas.

I was at the Italian shop the other day stocking up on my pantry staples when I came upon them. It was the packaging that called to me; it had a certain simple wholesome Mediterranean-ess to it. I gave it a once over and decided to give them a try because I liked the ingredient list.

Each cracker/flatbread is wrapped in its own wax paper; it’s flaky, light, crispy and sprinkled sparingly with sugar. It tastes light and flavourful, it’s amazing! It has just the right sweetness and crunch and it’s very delicate. There’s a subtle hint of anise/liquorice that in my opinion binds the flavours.

I was so impressed and awed by my find that I scuttled online to find out more about this wonderful discovery. It turns out it has an equally wonderful back-story. The company has been making these tortas since 1910 in Seville, Spain. The tortas are made with extra virgin olive oil, flour, sugar, sesame seeds and anise seeds and essence. It’s made in small batches; hand flattened and contains no additives or colorants. I like the fact that it has no diary or eggs (it’s technically vegan!).

There are six individually wrapped torta in a box for around $6.00CAD – it’s totally worth it.

I brought some along on a recent trip to Seattle two weekends ago and after a long day of running around, I sat in a park, took a nice long break and had a torta with my coffee, it felt incredible and everything just seemed perfect in that moment.

I’ve even had it with water and it was amazing. My dream is to visit Seville one day and go to the Ines Rosales Factory to personally thank them for making a product that could very well… change my life.