What to Eat in Southern Spain

For many people the best part about any vacation is being able to try the local foods! While traveling in Spain with our amazing travel package options, taste the best gourmet food and discover some unusual specialties :  

In Albacete favor the “Mojete” a  light and simple salad of tomato, onion, olives, boiled egg and tuna

In Alicante try the “ Arroz con costra  “The  rice with scab may not be light ( it is rice casserole with bacon, sausage, black pudding and covered with a layer of beaten egg it ) but it is worth  a try

In Almería:  Perricos The perrico is not a mutt, but a well-seasoned pork sausage including cinnamon and saffron.

Badajoz: the “ Migas” bred crumbs with sardines, melon, grapes or whatever

CaceresTorta del Casar a cheese fill pie with strong character.

CádizTortillita de Camarones  Shrimp pancakes -a mass of chickpea flour and wheat with water, parsley, chives and shrimp- addictive!

CastellonPaella!!  Nowhere better.

Ceuta:  Chuparquía is a  pastry with sweet dough, honey and sesame  usually eaten to break the fast of Ramadan

Ciudad RealBerenjenas de Almagro Almagro eggplants   are another contribution of Arab origin

CórdobaSalmorejo for the traditional taste of it  book a table at El Caballo Rojo.

CuencaZarajos fried lamb intestines  usually it served as an appetizer cap.

GranadaHabas con jamón (de Trevélez) a special kind of beans cooked with the extraordinary Spanish Ham

HuelvaMojama y Jamón   sea and mountains flavors combine in a tapa The mojama    (from the Arabic word musama)    is a mediterranean delicacy consisting of filleted salt-cured tuna .

Balearic Islands:  Bullit de Peix  Usually it served in two rollovers: first the fish and potatoes and then a cooked rice with fish broth boil. Jose Carlos Capel recommend  to try the Bullit de Peix in Mustache (Ibiza).

Jaén:   Pipirrana con sopas a salad whose basic ingredients are onion, tomato, green pepper with or without cucumber.  Sometimes it is added boiled egg, some brown fish meat or sausages.

Málaga:  Espetos  (grilled sardines or fishes) Espeto is a  popular and traditional way to roast the sardines on a cane spear over the heat of the coals in the picnic areas of our coast.

Melilla:  Pastelas a kind of sweetish meat and bird pies very spicy, also typical fo  Morocco

Murcia: Caballitos It is a must to have the caballitos (fried prawns with batter0  in t  Plaza de las Flores   Optional but recommende a nice cold beer !

Las PalmasConejo en Salmorejo  The rabbit in salmorejo is a fairly typical Canary plate. It has nothing to do with the usual gazpacho. It consists of portions of rabbit marinated in oil, garlic and spices and then fried

Sevilla: Gazpacho  ! for sure the best in Spain

Valencia:   Horchata y fartons A  summer drink served with  elongated  sugar-coated rolls.

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