Spain is famous for its rich, varied and refined cuisine. These dishes, whose recipes have been handed down from generation to generation, support the unique traditions of Spanish cooking.
1. Spanish omelet or potato tortilla
It is believed that the first mention of the Spanish tortilla dates back to the year 1817. According to legend, the poor inhabitant of Navarre prepared a Spanish omelette of all the products she could find in the house. The assortment was not rich - potatoes, onions and a few eggs, but the general liked the dish, and soon a simple recipe became very popular. Today, traditional tortilla can be enjoyed in any Spanish city - from Seville to Barcelona and La Coruna.
2. Andalusia and its secret of salvation from the sweltering heat - gazpacho
In the summer months in the south of Spain there is no better salvation from the heat than well-cooled tomato gazpacho soup. In addition to tomatoes, cucumbers, onions, olive oil and garlic are added to it, and they are usually served with toast and red pepper. According to one of the culinary legends, the soup was invented by Spanish mule drivers, who always had the products listed above on hand. Today, this traditional Spanish dish is one of the world's most famous tomato soups.
3. Paella - the famous dish of Valencia
Today in Spain you can find many variations of the famous paella, but in any case, its essential ingredient will be rice. Traditionally, Spanish villagers made paella with the products that were available to them, adding chicken, rabbit meat and vegetables typical of Valencia to rice, such as lima beans or sugar beans. But over the centuries, the paella recipe has undergone a number of changes, and today in Spain rice with seafood, for example, with shrimps and cuttlefish, is the most popular. You can try classic paella on the beaches of Valencia.
4. Navarre and her unique cuttlefish in their own ink
Ink cuttlefish, spreading on a plate, can first confuse the unprepared tourist. But if you try this unusual dish, all fears will disappear. When cooking cuttlefish, a small trick is usually applied — its own ink is used for taste, and artificial color is added for color intensity. Onion, garlic, parsley, cayenne pepper and an indispensable glass of wine add a spice to the dish.
5. Delicious scab with chakoli from the Basque Country
The pride of the Basque cuisine - dry white chakoli wine, which is often used in the preparation of traditional dishes of the Basque Country. One of them is a horse mackerel with chakoli. Fish is usually cooked in a saucepan, adding to it tomatoes, onions, carrots, leeks, garlic, butter and, of course, a glass of chacoli. You can try the perfect Basque mackerel with chakoli in the RK restaurant, which has specialized in traditional Basque cuisine since 1998.
6. Teruel migas - simple and tasteful.
You can not visit in Teruel and not try Teruelsky migas. It is prepared quite easily - the bread is cut, soaked in salted water for a day, and then fried with butter and garlic, stirring continuously. The result is a very unusual, tasty and hearty meal of bread crumbs, something resembling couscous. For greater richness of taste, you can add pieces of pork, sausage or even grapes in Migas.
7. Catalan Eggplant with Pepper - A Fragrant Snack
For cooking Catalan eggplant with red pepper, vegetables are kept over an open fire or baked on a grill until the skin turns black. Then cover with a plate and cool, after which the eggplants and peppers are peeled and cut into strips. Tip: do not try to cool vegetables under cold water - they will lose their juice, which gives the dish its characteristic taste and aroma. In most places, vegetables are served toasted bread dipped in tomato juice and oil, with anchovies and onions, and sometimes with tuna.
8. The best dish for a winter day - Madrid stew
One of the most vibrant and hearty Spanish dishes is Madrid stew. It contains many ingredients: chickpeas (Turkish beans), jelly meat, chicken, smoked sausage, blood sausage, meatballs, cabbage, onions, green beans, rice, bacon, ham, butter and garlic. After almost three hours of gentle languor it turns out very tasty, warming and, last but not least, on a winter day, a hearty meal.
9. Cake "Santiago" - Galician dessert with a long history
The recipe of this dessert with a characteristic nutty flavor has been known since the 16th century. Traditional Galician cake "Santiago" is made from flour, butter, almonds, sugar, eggs and lemons. In Spain, the cake is necessarily decorated with a sprinkling of powdered sugar in the shape of the cross of Santiago using a special stencil. A fine addition to the dessert will be a glass of exquisite Galician wine Liquor Regueiro. Santiago cake has a long shelf life, so in theory you can even bring it from Spain as a gift to friends and family.
10. Sweet Castilian pastries, in front of which it is impossible to resist
We complete the rating of Spanish dishes with the famous Castilian sweets hojuelas (we do not dare to write this word in Cyrillic, although in Spanish it means only “leaf”). This concept includes a number of desserts: all kinds of pancakes with honey or sugar, flakes and chips from any products (for example, from apples and dried mango), as well as honey pastry made from thin dough, which is always present on the table on All Saints' Day and on Easter. So, if you see a sign with the word hojuelas, feel free to come in and order any dessert.
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