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small toasted pieces of bread (crumbs) with olive oil, garlic and bacon, mainly. Paella. Valencia. rice dish. a saffron rice dish traditionally made with chicken, rabbit, and butter beans (Paella Valenciana). Patatas bravas ("fierce potatoes") Madrid. potato dish. cube-shaped fries with salsa brava, a spicy sauce.
The arrival of Europeans in the Americas in 1492 initiated the advent of new culinary elements, such as tomatoes, potatoes, maize, bell peppers, spicy peppers, paprika, vanilla and cocoa, or chocolate. Spain was where chocolate was first mixed with sugar to temper its natural bitterness.
Spanish naming customs. Spanish names are the traditional way of identifying, and the official way of registering, a person in Spain. They are composed of a given name (simple or composite [a]) and two surnames (the first surname of each parent). Traditionally, the first surname is the father's first surname, and the second is the mother's ...
Carcamusa. Beef stew, usually with potatoes, vegetables and chilli sauce. Chopitos. Battered and fried tiny squid, also known as puntillitas. Cojonuda. A small toast with Spanish morcilla topped with a fried quail egg, and sometimes served with a little strip of red, spicy pepper.
Basque cuisine refers to the cuisine of the Basque Country and includes meats and fish grilled over hot coals, marmitako and lamb stews, cod, Tolosa bean dishes, paprikas from Lekeitio, pintxos (Basque tapas), Idiazabal sheep's cheese, txakoli (sparkling white wine), and Basque cider. A basquaise is a type of dish prepared in the style of ...
Mexican cuisine [5] is a complex and ancient cuisine, with techniques and skills developed over thousands of years of history. [6] It is created mostly with ingredients native to Mexico, as well as those brought over by the Spanish conquistadors, with some new influences since then.
Representation of a Mexican kitchen; in front are Mexican food and spices, while in the background there are typical utensils. Pozole is a traditional soup or stew from Mexico. The Spanish invasion of the Aztec Empire occurred in the 16th century.
The cuisine of the Community of Madrid is an amalgamation of the cuisines of various regions of Spain developed, in part, by mass migration to the capital city starting during the reign of King Felipe II. As the city grew, it incorporated the culinary traditions of the municipalities it absorbed into the area now known as the Community of Madrid.