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Region Type Description Pincho or pintxo ("thorn", "spike") Everywhere. Quite famous in Basque Country: appetizer a small slice of bread upon which an ingredient or mixture of ingredients is put and held there using a stick. The common ingredients are fish such as hake, cod, anchovy, and baby eels; tortilla de patatas; stuffed peppers; and ...
Pork-based foods such as chosco , callos a l'asturiana , and bollu preñáu (chorizo-stuffed bread rolls) are popular. Common meat dishes include carne gobernada (roasted veal), cachopo (a crunchy, crumb-coated veal steak stuffed with ham and cheese), and caldereta . Fish and seafood play an important role in Asturian cuisine.
Bread in Spain has an ancient tradition with various preparations in each region. Wheat is by far the most cultivated cereal, as it withstands the dry climate of the interior of the country. Since time immemorial, bread (pan in Spanish) [n. 1] has been a staple food that accompanies all daily meals, year round
Catalan cuisine relies heavily on ingredients popular along the Mediterranean coast, including fresh vegetables (especially tomato, garlic, eggplant (aubergine), capsicum, and artichoke), wheat products (bread, pasta), Arbequina olive oils, wines, legumes (beans, chickpeas), mushrooms (particularly wild mushrooms), nuts (pine nuts, hazelnuts and almonds), all sorts of pork preparations ...
Afrikaans; العربية; Azərbaycanca; বাংলা; Беларуская; Беларуская (тарашкевіца) Български; Brezhoneg
Andalusian cuisine is the regional cuisine of Andalusia, Spain.Notable dishes include gazpacho, fried fish (often called pescaíto frito [1] in the local vernacular), the jamones of Jabugo, Valle de los Pedroches and Trevélez, and the wines of Jerez, particularly sherry.
The potato is a staple food in the region, first arriving in Spain from the Americas in the 16th century, and then grown first and foremost on the coasts of the Ría de Noia. In Galician cuisine, neither the cook nor the recipe really matters; [citation needed] what is being served is the central part of the cuisine.
One of the most characteristic dishes of the traditional gastronomy of Aragon is roast lamb (prepared especially with ewes), known as ternasco.Salted cod imported from other parts of Spain was also traditionally used in some dishes such as in the Albóndigas de bacalao.