{"id":67918,"date":"2016-05-22T11:56:04","date_gmt":"2016-05-22T09:56:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/?p=67918"},"modified":"2022-02-14T12:19:01","modified_gmt":"2022-02-14T11:19:01","slug":"botifarra","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/botifarra\/","title":{"rendered":"Gastronomy in Catalonia: Botifarra"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">When you visit a new region or country, whether you will be <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/short-term-rentals\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" class=\"broken_link\"><strong>staying for a holiday<\/strong><\/a> or decide to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/yearly-rental\" class=\"broken_link\" rel=\"nofollow\"><strong>move permanently<\/strong><\/a>, it&#8217;s important that you immerse yourself in the local culture. This includes sampling the local cuisine, no matter how weird or wacky it may be. Luckily, Barcelona has a plethora of wonderful traditional dishes which you will have no trouble enjoying during your visit.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">One traditional Catalan dish many will not have heard of\u00a0is the\u00a0<strong>botifarra<\/strong> &#8211; a type of sausage which dates all the way back to the Roman Empire. Today, this article by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>ShBarcelona<\/strong><\/a> shares some details on the delicious botifarra.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Related article:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/common-catalan-dishes\/\">Common Catalan Dishes<\/a><\/em><\/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\/botifarra\/#Enjoy_a_good_botifarra_when_you_are_in_Barcelona\" title=\"Enjoy a good botifarra when you are in Barcelona\">Enjoy a good botifarra when you are in Barcelona<\/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\/botifarra\/#Ingredients_and_variations\" title=\"Ingredients and variations\">Ingredients and variations<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/botifarra\/#Where_can_you_find_it\" title=\"Where can you find it?\">Where can you find it?<\/a><ul class=\"ez-toc-list-level-3\"><li class=\"ez-toc-heading-level-3\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/botifarra\/#Pork_Boig_Per_Tu\" title=\"Pork Boig Per Tu\">Pork Boig Per Tu<\/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\/botifarra\/#Bar_La_Plata\" title=\"Bar La Plata\">Bar La Plata<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Enjoy_a_good_botifarra_when_you_are_in_Barcelona\"><\/span>Enjoy a good botifarra when you are in Barcelona<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Ingredients_and_variations\"><\/span>Ingredients and variations<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<div id=\"attachment_68124\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/botifarra.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-68124\" class=\"wp-image-68124 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/botifarra-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"botifarra and white beans\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-68124\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Photo by su-lin via Visualhunt <\/em><\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The original Roman recipe included only pork and spices and was initially cooked on a grill or barbeque. Whilst the recipe has not massively changed over the years, there are now variants of the dish with different ingredients that\u00a0can be found around Barcelona:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Botifarra d&#8217;ou<\/strong> (botifarra with egg) &#8211; This variation of the traditional sausage contains egg in the mixture and is traditionally eaten on\u00a0dijous gras or &#8220;Fat Tuesday&#8221;.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"line-height: 1.5;\"><strong>Botifarra d&#8217;arr\u00f2s<\/strong> (botifarra with rice) &#8211; This variation is the same as the original except it contains boiled rice mixed in with the\u00a0meat and spices.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Botifarra blanca<\/strong>\u00a0(white botifarra) &#8211; This variation is made with better cuts of\u00a0meats with less fat and contains no\u00a0blood at all. It&#8217;s healthier but still super\u00a0tasty!<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Botifarra Bisbe<\/strong> (bishop or bull botifarra) &#8211; This is a variety of botifarra much alike the British delicacy black pudding. The sausage is mixed with thick blood and\u00a0different sections of tripe &#8211; this sausage is full flavoured and the taste may take you by surprise if you haven&#8217;t tried anything similar!<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"line-height: 1.5;\"><strong>Botifarra catalana<\/strong>\u00a0&#8211; This is the simplest variety of botifarra, and a local\u00a0favourite. It comes as a large sausage cooked in a similar way to ham and often contains truffles.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Related article:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/traditional-catalan-soup-dishes-for-the-winter\/\">Traditional Catalan Soup Dishes for the Winter<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Where_can_you_find_it\"><\/span>Where can you find it?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<div id=\"attachment_68136\" style=\"width: 234px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Bot-with-mush.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-68136\" class=\"wp-image-68136\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Bot-with-mush-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"Botifarra with mushrooms\" width=\"224\" height=\"224\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-68136\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Photo by PaRaP via Visualhunt <\/em><\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Botifarra is one of the most common ingredients in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/catalan-cuisine-curiosities\/\"><strong>Catalan cuisine<\/strong><\/a> and you can find it\u00a0in\u00a0almost every <strong>butchers<\/strong>, supermarket or grocery store in the city.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Furthermore, you will often see botifarra on the menu when\u00a0you eat out, particularly if you choose to visit\u00a0traditional Catalan restaurants<strong>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Whilst the sausage can be\u00a0found in many restaurants\u00a0there are certain places that specialise in the botifarra.<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Pork_Boig_Per_Tu\"><\/span>Pork Boig Per Tu<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Where? Carrer del Consolat de Mar, 15 (in the <span class=\"removed_link\" title=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/barcelona-rent\/ciutat-vella\/born-sant-pere-caterina\"><strong>neighbourhood of Sant Pere, Santa Caterina i La Ribera<\/strong><\/span>)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"line-height: 1.5;\">This elegant and stylish <\/span>restaurant<span style=\"line-height: 1.5;\"> specialises in porc dishes, as the name of the restaurant might suggest, and besides porc belly, porc ribs and porc shoulder, they also serve botifarra. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"line-height: 1.5;\">Interesting at <strong>Pork Boig Per Tu<\/strong> is the concept, as you order your meat by weight. Don&#8217;t forget about their vegetable dishes, because they seem to score well too!<\/span><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Bar_La_Plata\"><\/span><span style=\"line-height: 1.5;\">Bar La Plata<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Where? Carrer de la Merce, 28 (in the <span class=\"removed_link\" title=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/barcelona-rent\/ciutat-vella\/gotic\"><strong>neighbourhood of Gotic<\/strong><\/span>)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"line-height: 1.5;\">Located in the heart of the Gothic quarter, <a href=\"https:\/\/barlaplata.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><strong>Bar La Plata<\/strong><\/a> not only serves <\/span><span style=\"line-height: 1.5;\">botifarra, they also do lovely <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/catalan-tapas\/\"><strong>tapas<\/strong><\/a>, like anchovies, olives and fried sardines. There is a huge selection to choose from, and besides <\/span><span style=\"line-height: 1.5;\">serving great food, you can enjoy an authentic environment in this bar. It can be a bit small inside with only six tables, so if you want to visit La Plata, be sure to be there on time. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"line-height: 1.5;\">If it is busy, just soak up the atmosphere. You will love it here.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Of course, these are just two of many places serving great botifarra<strong>;\u00a0<\/strong>there are many more great places to taste the local delicacy all over\u00a0the city.\u00a0All that is left is for you to venture into Barcelona and seek out this tasty<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>dish<strong>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Have you tried botifarra yet? 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