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Do you know which are the favoured foods of Andalusian Gastronomy?

Andalusian Gastronomy's Superb Diet

Typical Mediterranean Diet:

Glorious fresh fish, salad, fruits, nuts, olive oil.

Overview

The Mediterranean and the Atlantic

Inland Andalusian Gastronomy Cuisine

Golden Ingredients

Andalusian Produce

Vast orchards of citrus and luscious soft fruits, enormous rice paddies, extensive wheat-growing areas, endless vineyards and nutritious olive produce are found in Andalusia.

Fresh, colourful salads, crispy vegetables and sun-kissed, ripe fruits... known previously, in Greco-Roman times as, 'La Comida de los Dioses,' Food of the Gods, all grace Andalusian home-produce, as seen below. Glorious Local Market Fare

All accompany excellent beef, lamb and pork OR the unforgetable Andalusian chacina-fare: cold meats. Jamon Serrano, (Pure Excellence), Jamon Iberico, Chorizo, Salchichon...

Discover Pan Cateto,
Truely scrumptious! Toast it,
rub some raw garlic over,
drizzle with olive oil
and dress with squished ripe tomato.
Mmmmm

Hundreds of splendid, curado or fresh, Spanish cheeses. Wonderful full-bodied Rioja reds, crisp Ribera del Duero whites or rose wines. Ice Cold Cerveza

Cool off with a tubo or caña of chilled cerveza. Tapear with a chilled fino or enjoy a warm oloroso for desert... .

Delicious al-Andalus-style deserts (almost national secrets!) are a must to be tasted; created by nuns in local Conventos. Sweet, ripe strawberries from Huelva... dip into sparkling Spanish Cava!

Who, could Say No...to an 'Unforgetable Way of Life?'

Golden Ingredients of Andalusian Gastronomy

Homer's prized Liquid Gold : Olive Oil

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Inland Andalusian Gastronomy Cuisine

Comida de cuchara: (spoon-food meals).
Vegetable and pulse, meat casseroles are popular, constituting the staple diet of inland Gastronomy, in combination with a variety of local fish dishes. Ancel Keys was the first to prove the Mediterranean diet was beneficial. Andalusian Gastronomy largely adheres to the same protective diet discovered.

Andalusia's climate

Andalucian Geography is predominantly a mountain climate. This fact created the cured-Jamon drying rooms. The coldest areas: Sierra Nevada and Sierra Morena.

A semi-continental Mediterranean climate spans over Andalucia Spain's Guadalquivir fertile river valley - otherwise known as the 'frying pan' of Spain. Area renowned for extremely 'torrid' summers.

Coastal climates vary according to location.
Atlantic shores are much cooler.

Fabulous Grilled Squid, Tintero 2, Malaga

Espeto de Sardinas, Tintero 2, Malaga

Spit of Grilled Sardines. Restaurante Tintero 2, Málaga.

The Mediterranean and the Atlantic seas, fringe 3/4's of Andalucia's borders

Discover the Andalucian lifestyle plethora of fresh, Mediterranean seafood.

Imagine the delicate flesh of red mullet, or sea bream baked in salt: besugo al horno, or the unmistakable waft and seaside cheer of a spit of grilled sardines, or plates of crispy fried anchovies, or the superb king-sized grilled prawns from Sanlucar de Barrameda, or Huelva's extraordinary white prawns.

Delight at busy seashore Chringuitos (beach restaurants).

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Tintero 2, in el Palo, Malaga is one...

Who brought What to Spain?

One of the legacies which the Moors brought to Spain was that of the agricultural improvements. The Treasure of Moorish Agriculture was the secret to their thriving economy.

All contributed to the excellent future of Andalusian Gastronomy

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Do You Know About the Benefits of the Mediterranean Diet?

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