{"id":24476,"date":"2014-12-26T01:19:51","date_gmt":"2014-12-26T00:19:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/?p=24476"},"modified":"2021-12-03T13:54:43","modified_gmt":"2021-12-03T12:54:43","slug":"catalan-christmas-recipes-to-surprise-your-guests","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/catalan-christmas-recipes-to-surprise-your-guests\/","title":{"rendered":"Catalan Christmas Recipes to Surprise Your Guests"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">During Christmas&nbsp;you probably have people coming home to eat in a social event with your family or with your friends that mean you have to cook for a group of people, right? Try&nbsp;to surprise your guests with a typical Catalan recipe&nbsp;that will leave they wanting more.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In this blog, we always give you culinary tips to go out to eat outside and find what you like, but this time, we suggest&nbsp;you enjoy one of our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\"><strong>rental apartments in Barcelona<\/strong><\/a> cooking there. To do this, we have some suggestions.<\/p>\n<div id=\"metaslider-id-104526\" style=\"max-width: 850px; margin: 0 auto;\" class=\"ml-slider-3-20-3 metaslider metaslider-responsive metaslider-104526 ml-slider\">\n    <div id=\"metaslider_container_104526\">\n        <ul id='metaslider_104526' class='rslides'>\n            <li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/yearly-rental\" target=\"_self\"><img width=\"850\" height=\"182\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/en-5.jpg\" class=\"slider-104526 slide-104528\" alt=\"rent barcelona\" rel=\"\" title=\"Banner medio larga estancia inquilinos\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n        <\/ul>\n        \n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_17 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-grey\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class=\"ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1\"><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/catalan-christmas-recipes-to-surprise-your-guests\/#What_are_favourite_Christmas_recipes_for_Barcelonas_region\" title=\"What are favourite Christmas recipes for Barcelona&#8217;s region?\">What are favourite Christmas recipes for Barcelona&#8217;s region?<\/a><ul class=\"ez-toc-list-level-3\"><li class=\"ez-toc-heading-level-3\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/catalan-christmas-recipes-to-surprise-your-guests\/#Pasta_soup_with_meat_-_sopa_de_galets_con_pilota\" title=\"Pasta soup with meat &#8211; sopa de galets con &#8220;pilota&#8221;\">Pasta soup with meat &#8211; sopa de galets con &#8220;pilota&#8221;<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/catalan-christmas-recipes-to-surprise-your-guests\/#Escalivada_coca_with_vegetables\" title=\"Escalivada coca (with vegetables)\">Escalivada coca (with vegetables)<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/catalan-christmas-recipes-to-surprise-your-guests\/#Sausage_with_white_beans_-_mongetes\" title=\"Sausage with white beans &#8211; mongetes\">Sausage with white beans &#8211; mongetes<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/catalan-christmas-recipes-to-surprise-your-guests\/#Bread_with_tomato_and_embutidos_sausages\" title=\"Bread with tomato and &#8220;embutidos&#8221; (sausages)\">Bread with tomato and &#8220;embutidos&#8221; (sausages)<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/catalan-christmas-recipes-to-surprise-your-guests\/#Not_one_of_the_Catalan_Christmas_recipes_but_still_tradition_drinking_from_the_porron\" title=\"Not one of the Catalan Christmas recipes, but still tradition: drinking from the &#8220;porr\u00f3n&#8220;\">Not one of the Catalan Christmas recipes, but still tradition: drinking from the &#8220;porr\u00f3n&#8220;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: left;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_are_favourite_Christmas_recipes_for_Barcelonas_region\"><\/span>What are favourite Christmas recipes for Barcelona&#8217;s region?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Pasta_soup_with_meat_-_sopa_de_galets_con_pilota\"><\/span>Pasta soup with meat &#8211; <em>sopa de galets con &#8220;pilota&#8221;<\/em><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">A while ago we explained how to prepare this traditional Christmas dish in Catalonia. Cooking <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/catalan-christmas-dish-galets-soup\/\"><strong>galets soup<\/strong><\/a> is somewhat slow and time-consuming, the longer is the broth into the fire, the tastier will be.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_24479\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/dbd4b5a8030fe0f3d5d65be5fe703470c0aea6a9.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-24479\" class=\"wp-image-24479\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/dbd4b5a8030fe0f3d5d65be5fe703470c0aea6a9.jpg\" alt=\"sopa de galets\" width=\"640\" height=\"399\"><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-24479\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Photo via Visualhunt<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Therefore, we recommend that you start to prepare it a few hours before your guests come home. It is an ideal dish to avoid the Christmas cold and to get enough&nbsp;calories to stand on your feet during all Christmas time.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a class=\"fasc-button fasc-size-large fasc-type-flat fasc-rounded-medium ico-fa fasc-ico-before fa-chevron-circle-right broken_link\" style=\"background-color: #850909; color: #ffffff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/yearly-rental\" rel=\"nofollow\">Book a long-term rental in Barcelona<\/a><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Escalivada_coca_with_vegetables\"><\/span><em>Escalivada coca<\/em> (with vegetables)<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">This preparation of escalivada coca is simple, but requires some quality ingredients for an authentic taste, and also requires time and care in its preparation.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">We could say that escalivada coca is like a vegetable pizza without tomato or cheese, but the mass of coca is thinner and crispier.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_24480\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/coca-escalivada2.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-24480\" class=\"wp-image-24480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/coca-escalivada2.jpg\" alt=\"coca escalivada\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\"><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-24480\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Photo via Visualhunt<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">If you want to make it at home put the vegetables in the oven (red pepper and eggplant are the most common), peel them, saute them&nbsp;with some&nbsp;garlic and put them above the mass of coca and then bake it to complete the process.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">You can buy the mass of the coca or make it at home, <a href=\"http:\/\/lesreceptesdelmiquel.blogspot.com\/2011\/03\/coca-de-escalibada-anchoas-y-atun.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><strong>here&#8217;s the recipe<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Sausage_with_white_beans_-_mongetes\"><\/span>Sausage with white beans &#8211; <em>mongetes<\/em><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">This dish is very simple but you must buy good quality ingredients to make it tastier&nbsp;so your guests want to eat a second plate of it. You can buy the sausage in the butcher, usually, one per person is purchased.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_24482\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Captura-de-pantalla-2014-12-26-a-las-00.22.25.png\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-24482\" class=\"wp-image-24482\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Captura-de-pantalla-2014-12-26-a-las-00.22.25.png\" alt=\"mongetes y butifarra\" width=\"640\" height=\"423\"><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-24482\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Photo via Visualhunt<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">You can buy the <em>mongetes<\/em> or white beans already cooked and saut\u00e9 them with garlic and spices before serving or cooking at home. Depends on you and the time you have. The result is not suitable for vegetarian people, but delicious.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Related article:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/where-to-go-for-christmas-dinner-in-barcelona\/\">Where To Go For Christmas Dinner in Barcelona<\/a>&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Bread_with_tomato_and_embutidos_sausages\"><\/span>Bread with tomato and &#8220;<em>embutidos<\/em>&#8221; (sausages)<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">If you invite your friends over for dinner or lunch, but informally and just want to prepare some things to eat but not an entire meal, you will not disappoint your guests if you serve a table of good sausages with bread and tomato (<em>pan con tomate<\/em>).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">We recommend you buy good <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/baluard-best-bread-in-barcelona\/\"><strong>bread<\/strong><\/a>, smear it with plenty of tomatoes, put a little of olive oil on it and some salt.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_24477\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-24477\" class=\"wp-image-24477 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/2717922004_932ffcc1ab_z-e1475574473870.jpg\" alt=\"drinking from porron\" width=\"640\" height=\"424\"><p id=\"caption-attachment-24477\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Photo via Visualhunt<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Not_one_of_the_Catalan_Christmas_recipes_but_still_tradition_drinking_from_the_porron\"><\/span>Not one of the Catalan Christmas recipes, but still tradition: drinking from the &#8220;<em>porr\u00f3n<\/em>&#8220;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Drinking <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wine-shops-barcelona\/\"><strong>wine<\/strong><\/a> straight from the &#8220;porr\u00f3n&#8221; is a long tradition in Catalonia and in Spain and can be great fun if all diners try to drink from it.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The &#8220;porr\u00f3n&#8221; is a glass container with a very thin mouth from where you have to drink carefully if you don&#8217;t want to get dirty. Try it!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a class=\"fasc-button fasc-size-large fasc-type-flat fasc-rounded-medium ico-fa fasc-ico-before fa-chevron-circle-right broken_link\" style=\"background-color: #850909; color: #ffffff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/yearly-rental\" rel=\"nofollow\">Move to Barcelona permanently? Check rentals!<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Have you tried making these Catalan Christmas recipes at home? Did you succeed?<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Tell us what your guests thought of these dishes!<\/strong><\/p>\n<div style=\"display: none;\"\n    class=\"kk-star-ratings kksr-valign-bottom kksr-align-left \"\n    data-id=\"24476\"\n    data-slug=\"\">\n    <div class=\"kksr-stars\">\n    <div class=\"kksr-stars-inactive\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\" data-star=\"1\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 25px; height: 25px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\" data-star=\"2\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 25px; height: 25px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\" data-star=\"3\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 25px; height: 25px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\" data-star=\"4\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 25px; height: 25px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\" data-star=\"5\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 25px; height: 25px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"kksr-stars-active\" style=\"width: 132.5px;\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 25px; height: 25px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 25px; height: 25px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 25px; height: 25px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 25px; height: 25px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 25px; height: 25px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n    <div class=\"kksr-legend\">\n            <strong class=\"kksr-score\">4.5<\/strong>\n        <span class=\"kksr-muted\">\/<\/span>\n        <strong>5<\/strong>\n        <span class=\"kksr-muted\">(<\/span>\n        <strong class=\"kksr-count\">2<\/strong>\n        <span class=\"kksr-muted\">\n            votes        <\/span>\n        <span class=\"kksr-muted\">)<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>During Christmas&nbsp;you probably have people coming home to eat in a social event with your family or with your friends that mean you have to cook for a group of people, right? 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