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topped with slices of tomato
and drizzled with olive oil. The
hot climate is perfect for fruit
and vegetables. Favourites
include oranges, their sweet-
scented trees lining the streets,
luscious peaches, papayas,
persimmons and mangoes, as
well as tomatoes, aspara gus,
aubergines (eggplants) and
artichokes. The chilled tomato
soup, gazpacho, is a classic,
but salmorejo, which is thicker
and topped with a sprinkling
of chopped boiled eggs and
ham, is even tastier.
Andalucían vegetable seller displaying fresh local produce
On the Menu
Meat and Game
The famous hams of Jabugo
Pork and beef are the most (in the southwest) and Trevélez Chocos con habas Cuttlefish
popular meats in Andalucía. (near Granada) are among the is cooked with beans, white
Glossy black bulls (some raised finest produced in Spain, and wine and plenty of bay leaves.
for bullfighting but most for are made with free-range, Pato a la Sevillana Succulent
meat) are a common sight, and black-footed pigs fed on a diet duck, cooked slowly with onion,
one of the most popular local of acorns. All kinds of cured leeks, carrots, bay leaf and a
dishes is rabo de toro (bull’s tail). meats are made here, often dash of sherry, this is a speciality
to traditional recipes which of Seville.
have remained unchanged for Rabo de Toro An andaluz
centuries. In the wild inland classic, made with chunks of
Sierras, you will find an abun- bull’s tail, slowly braised with
dance of game in season, along vegetables, bay leaf and a dash
with the traditional country of sherry until tender.
staples of lamb and rabbit. Salmorejo Cordobés A
creamy tomato dip thickened
Fruit and Vegetables with breadcrumbs.
The undulating Andalucían Torta de Camarones
fields and hillsides are covered Delicious fritters filled with
with olive groves, and the best tiny, whole shrimp.
oils are graded as carefully as Tortilla del Sacromonte A
fine wines. Olive oil is liberally speciality of Granada: omelette
used in andaluz cuisine, and with brains, kidney or other
Prawns and sardines on display at the typical southern break fast offal, peppers and peas.
the fish market is toasted country bread

Huevos a la Flamenca Eggs Pescaíto Frito A seaside Tocino de Cielo This simple
are baked in a terracotta dish favourite, this is a platter of but delicious dessert consists
with vegetables, ham and small fish tossed in batter of creamy egg custard with a
chorizo sausage. and fried in olive oil. caramel syrup topping.

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