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a Spanish meat made from unweaned lambs (roast lechazo-lambs-). Very typical of Valladolid. Lechazo de Castilla y León. Lomo embuchado: everywhere meat a cured meat made from a pork tenderloin. In its essentials, it is the same as Cecina, the Spanish air dried cured smoked Beef tenderloin Longaniza: everywhere sausage
Authors such as Strabo wrote about the aboriginal people of Spain using nuts and acorns as staple foods. [7] The extension of vineyards along the Mediterranean seemed to be due to the colonization of Greeks and Phoenicians, who also introduced the production of olive oil. Spain became the largest producer of olive oil in the world.
A common sight in bar counters and homes across Spain, served as a tapa, [5] a light lunch, or a dinner along with a salad Empanadillas: Large or small turnovers filled with meats and vegetables [6] Ensaladilla rusa: Literally, "(little) Russian salad", this dish is made with mixed boiled vegetables with tuna, olives and mayonnaise Fried cheese
It is typical of most of the south of Valencia and especially of Elche. Gazpacho. A famous Spanish dish typical throughout south and central Spain. In the Valencia region it is typical of the southern and inland areas and is the quintessential summer dish. Arròs a banda. A humble preparation typical of the Valencian coast with rice, fish, and ...
Distinctive vegetable dishes of Valladolid cuisine include sopa de chícharos (or guisantes), a pea soup with spearmint added in for flavoring (in Spanish, pea is guisante or chícharo); coliflor al ajoarriero (cauliflower in garlic); legumes in dishes such as alubias con patuño de cerdo (beans with pork leg); with cereals the pans and derivatives such as sopa de ajo garlic soup and the sopa ...
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 ...
Some of the most well-known main ingredients include ham from Teruel, olive oil from Empeltre and Arbequina olives, sweet varieties of onion, and unusual vegetables such as borage and cardoon. Sweet Aragonese specialities are the trenza de Almudevar , the tortas de alma , guirlache (a type of nougat ), adoquines , frutas de Aragón (a confit of ...
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.