Transcript TRADITIONAL DISHES

TRADITIONAL
DISHES AND
FOODS IN
PALENCIA AND
ITS REGION
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INDEX
Pigeon chicks
Cold meat
Black pudding
Vegetable mix
Baby lamb
Manchego style cheese
Garlic soup
Potato omelette
Cellars
BABY
CHURRO
LAMB
(LECHAZO)
Baby Churro lamb
is the most typical
baby lamb in the
area.
This Churro race is
black-eyed, with
thin legs and short
wool.
Its meat is very
tender.
The tastiest way
of cooking it is
to roast it in a
wood fire oven.
COLD MEAT
(EMBUTIDO)
PRODUCTS
PORK
- Red sausage
- Cured ham
OTHERS
- Cecina
PORK
Pork provides many Spanish products,
such as:
- Chorizo (red sausage)
- Jamón serrano (cured ham)
CHORIZO
A very spicy pork sausage.
JAMÓN SERRANO
( CURED HAM)
The majority of
Serrano hams are
made from the
Landrace breed of
white pig.
There are better
categories of cured
ham, which are
classified according to
preparation, breed,
pre-slaughter diet and
region
CECINA
“Cecina” is also popular. It´s made
from horse meat or beef meat.
BLACK
PUDDING
(MORCILLA)
MORCILLA
It´s made from blood, onion and
rice.
CELLARS
(BODEGAS)
CELLARS
They are usually
underground and
used for keeping
wine and also
many traditional
products.
GARLIC SOUP
(SOPAS DE AJO)
HISTORY
In the past it was only the typical lunch
of farmers which enabled them to use
the bread from the day before.
There are many ways of cooking it.
People used to make it in a big clay
pot.
This is just one way of preparing garlic
soup.
Ingredients
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Water.
Day old bread.
Garlic.
Sweet paprika.
1 or ½ chopped
tomato.
• Chopped red
pepper.
• Olive oil.
• 1 egg
• Some cured ham
(optional)
First step
• In a mortar, crush
some garlic (a clove),
add paprika, some oil,
and a little warm
water and mix it
Second step
• In a casserole heat
water, bring it to
the boil and add
chopped tomato,
chopped red
pepper, sliced
bread and the
mixture from the
mortar.
Third step
Stir it from time
to time and let it
simmer for 20 or
30 minutes.
And it is ready
to eat!!!!
MANCHEGO
CHEESE
(QUESO
MANCHEGO)
MANCHEGO STYLE CHEESE
The shape of this
cheese is very
characteristic.
Mainly made
from sheep´s
milk. Sometimes
cow´s milk or
mixed.
POTATO
OMELETTE
(TORTILLA DE
PATATA)
POTATO OMELETTE
It’s a typical food of Spain. Its ingredients are:
-Potatoes
-Oil
-Onion (optional)
-5 or 6 eggs
-Salt
How to prepare
-Peel and slice the potatoes
-Gently fry then in hot oil in a frying pan until it’s almost soft (you can
add some onion (optional) and shake the pan from time to time
-Drain the potatoes in a colander
-Beat the eggs in a bowl
-Add the potatoes into the eggs, mix well and season with salt
-Put some oil in the frying pan .When heated pour the potatoes and
eggs and shake the frying pan from time to time
-When the omelette is cooked on one side, turn it over with a flat
plate
-Gently slide the omelette back into the frying pan and continue
frying it
-Put it on a plate and IT’S READY TO EAT!!!!!
Peel and slice the
potatoes
Ready to EAT
FRESH
VEGETABLE
MIX
(MENESTRA)
FRESH VEGETABLE
MIX(MENESTRA)
It is cooked with different fresh vegetables grown in vegetable
gardens in Palencia
-Carrots
-Green Beans
-Artichoke
-Peas
-Sparragus
-Mushrooms
PIGEON
CHICKS
(PICHONES)
STEWED PIGEON
CHICKS/YOUNG
PIGEONS
In Spanish we call them ‘’Palominos’’ o Pichones’’
This dish is related to a traditional clay construction in
Tierra de Campos(Land of Fields) called pigeon
lofts(palomares).
· They always stand outside the villages.
· Their shape is usually cylindrical with holes for nesting
pigeons.
· In the past they provided fresh meat and droppings.
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