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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.
The Mediterranean and the Atlantic
Inland Andalusian Gastronomy Cuisine
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Golden Ingredients


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

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

Pan Cateto

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?'

Fabulous Grilled Squid, Tintero 2, Malaga





Fabulous Grilled Squid, Tintero 2, Malaga

Espeto de Sardinas, 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).

Sharing A Best Chiringuito Secret

Tintero 2, in el Palo, Malaga is one...
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Share Your Restaurant Secrets...


Where is Your Favourite Place?

Have you discovered any hilarious menu mis-translations???

'Pig in the Sky', was ours...
Correct translation of Tocino del Cielo: Quince Jelly.
But, we think 'pig in the sky' - much better!

Share YOUR favourite Spanish wines with us...

Do you know of a secluded restuarant that's got a fantastic view?
Could we see it...?

Did you have a Romantic Beach Wedding, in Andalucia?

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Golden Ingredients of Andalusian Gastronomy

  • Homer's prized Liquid Gold : Olive Oil

andalucian gastronomy liquid gold

  • Saffron
  • Spanish Wines
  • Spanish Cheeses

    • Jamon Iberico and Serrano
  • Fresh Fish
  • Tapas Secrets
  • Did you know Caviar is Made in Andalusia? Do you Know Where...?
  • Music, Refinement/Culture, Fashion, Beauty, Exquisite Table-ware and daily menu ideas: all effects of al-Ziryab's influence in Moorish Spain
  • Andalusian Sweetmeats
  • About Spanish Christmas Hampers
  • Andalusian Cold Soups
  • The Spanish Edge
  • Which Foods and Spices did Christopher Columbus bring back, from America?

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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.

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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 Guadalquivir valley of Sevilla and Cordoba - 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.

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Who brought What to Spain?

One of the legacies which the Moors brought to Spain was that of the agricultural improvements. The Treasure of Water Irrigation Schemes was the secret to their thriving economy. All contributed to the excellent future of Andalusian Gastronomy



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