{"id":97510,"date":"2018-12-28T21:56:59","date_gmt":"2018-12-28T20:56:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/?p=97510"},"modified":"2018-12-28T21:56:59","modified_gmt":"2018-12-28T20:56:59","slug":"common-catalan-dishes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/common-catalan-dishes\/","title":{"rendered":"Common Catalan Dishes"},"content":{"rendered":"

The culinary offering in any tourist destination is always one of the most highly-anticipated elements of a city, and an especially dynamic and delicious offering awaits in Barcelona. Visitors to the Ciudad Condal are not left disappointed when it comes to the culinary scene, with visitors on average devoting around 30% of their budget to food. Once you\u2019re set up in a hotel or touristic apartment and can enjoy the wide array of entertainment and sightseeing opportunities in the city, your next step is to head somewhere you can enjoy authentic Catalan food. Today from <\/span>ShBarcelona<\/b><\/a>, we want to present you with the array of mouthwatering and varied foods to be found on the <\/span>traditional Catalan menu<\/b>.<\/span><\/p>\n

Related article: <\/span><\/i>The Best Catalan Cuisine<\/span><\/i><\/a><\/p>\n

Enjoy the delicacies of the Catalan kitchen<\/h2>\n
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Olive oil is the most highly utilized oil for cooking in Catalonia, with the rest of the ingredients including <\/span>Mediterranean-style<\/b><\/a> orchard and crop produce as well as local fish and meat. \u201cBolets\u201d or mushrooms, for example, are a beloved ingredient used frequently in the Catalan kitchen, so you\u2019re sure to find them in a number of traditional <\/span>dishes<\/b><\/a>. Among the different bean stews is \u201c<\/span>botifarra<\/b><\/a> amb mongetes\u201d (a white bean stew with Catalan pork sausage), the \u201cfaves a la catalana\u201d (springy bean casserole with garlic, onions, beans, bacon, black sausage and herbs, sometimes with mushrooms or other stuffing), and lastly the \u201c<\/span>escudella i carn d\u2019olla<\/b>\u201d, made with garbanzo beans, poultry, veal and pork, beans, vegetables and other produce, pasta and the \u201cpilota\u201d, a stuffing made of minced meat, bacon, egg, garlic and parsley. Among the meat dishes are the \u201c<\/span>fricand\u00f3<\/b>\u201d (very fine beef fillet stewed with mushrooms) and the \u201cgaltes al forn\u201d (baked pork cheeks accompanied with vegetables and potatoes). The \u201ccaragols a la llauna\u201d are earth snails grilled or baked in a tin container, accompanied with aioli or vinaigrette. The most famous rice dish in Barcelona is the \u201c<\/span>arr\u00f2s Parellada\u201d<\/b>, a <\/span>paella<\/b><\/a> or casserole with seafood such as boneless and unshelled fish. In Sevilla, this dish is called <\/span>\u201cpaella del se\u00f1orito\u201d. <\/span><\/p>\n

Related article: <\/span><\/i>Contemporary Catalan Restaurants<\/a><\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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Among the fish preparations, there are a few highlights; \u201c<\/span>esqueixada de bacall\u00e1<\/b>\u201d, a salad with bacalao, olives, tomato, onion, pepper and boiled egg; \u201c<\/span>suquet de peix<\/b><\/a>\u201d, fish stew that generally includes rockfish and other <\/span>seafood<\/b><\/a>, onion, tomato, almonds, potatoes, garlic, bread and herbs. Be sure to try the seasonal fried sonsos, tiny fish similar to whitebait. When it comes to vegetables, it\u2019s practically obligatory that you try \u201cescalivada\u201d, toasted bread with tomato covered in red pepper, eggplant and anchovies. \u201cCalcots\u201d are tender grilled onions eaten with romesco sauce or salvitxada, a calcots sauce. Another traditional food is \u201csamfaina\u201d, a vegetable stew similar to ratatouille, made with garlic, onion, tomato, eggplant, zucchini, pepper and herbs. One thing we\u2019re still missing are the cocas (different types of cakes and breads, both savory and sweet) and desserts such as <\/span>crema catalana<\/b>, \u201cmel i mat\u00f3\u201d (cottage cheese with honey), \u201cpanellets\u201d, \u201cpets de monja\u201d, the delicious \u201cmenjar blanc\u201d (cream made with almond milk, rice or corn starch, lemon, cinnamon and sugar).<\/span><\/p>\n

What typical Catalan dish do you prefer?<\/b><\/p>\n

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The culinary offering in any tourist destination is always one of the most highly-anticipated elements of a city, and an especially dynamic and delicious offering awaits in Barcelona. Visitors to the Ciudad Condal are not left disappointed when it comes to the culinary scene, with visitors on average devoting around 30% of their budget to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":138,"featured_media":97511,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4421],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97510"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/138"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=97510"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97510\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":97518,"href":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97510\/revisions\/97518"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/97511"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=97510"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=97510"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=97510"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}