Drink
Red wine mixed with fruit juices.
What is sangria?
a clear stock to which sherry is added.
What is caldo?
Brick-colored sausage prepared with light variations in various parts of Spain. Normally made with pork, fat, and pimenton, which gives it its characteristic color and smokiness
What is chorizo?
Baked custard dessert, usually served with caramel sauce.
What is flan?
The Spanish call this bacalao.
What is preserved salted cod?
an off-white milk, with a toffeelike aroma, and is served cold
What is horchata?
Garlic flavored mayonnaise, typical of Catalonia and the Balearic Islands.
What is aioli?
In Spanish this word means “in dough” and describes pies with savory fillings enclosed in bread dough, short pastry, or puff pastry.
What is empanada?
Choux pastry dough deep-fried in olive oil, spiral shaped, and similar to a doughnut. These are made from dough extruded into thin tubes; these have a star-shaped cross section and are several inches long. Traditionally eaten at breakfast with hot chocolate.
What are churros?
An elegant fan-shaped sea scallop that has significant flavor and history to the Galacians.
What is vieira?
a fortified wine from a small region of Spain, made from the Muscat, Palomino, and Pedro Ximenez grapes.
What is sherry?
Smoked paprika. It differs from other European paprikas because of the characteristic smoked aroma that it gives off during processing from being dried by means of wood smoke.
What is pimenton?
Traditional rice dish originating from Valencia, an authentic dish contains chicken, rabbit, sometimes duck, and the land snails called vaquetes, for which a rosemary sprig can be substituted. The only permissible vegetables are flat green beans, artichokes, and butter beans. The star of this dish is rice.
What is paella?
a simple rice pudding made with famous rich and creamy milk.
What is arroz con leche?
The cuisine of the Pyrenees is typically mountain cuisine. This and other fish from mountain streams are cooked a la llosa: on a slate slab over hot coals.
What are trout?
Excellent table wines.
What are Valdepenas?
The stigma of the purple crocus flower, intensely fragrant, slightly bitter in taste. By soaking saffron in warm water, the result is a bright yellow-orange solution.
What is saffron?
Stews, famous in northern and central Spain. More than just a stew, they are elaborate creations, an event, usually prepared to feed a large group of friends and family.
What is cocido?
The city of Toledo is renowned for these egg yolk sweets.
What are yemas?
Octopus that inhabit the deep bay waters also find their way to the table as this dish.
What is pulpo gallega?
A digestive, the flavoring for many liqueurs. Its flavor varies according to which seeds are used—aniseed or star anise.
What is anisette?
Cold vegetable soup, the best-known version of which is from the southern Spanish region of Andalusia. It is made of ripe tomatoes, bell peppers, cucumbers, garlic, and bread moistened with water that is blended with olive oil, vinegar, and ice water and is served cold.
What is gazpacho?
Ciudad Real is renowned for its bizcochos, borrachos which are these.
What are wine-soaked cakes?
Traditional domed clam cookers from the Algarve region in southern Portugal.
What are capaplanas?