{"id":99881,"date":"2019-09-13T11:30:37","date_gmt":"2019-09-13T09:30:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/?p=99881"},"modified":"2019-09-18T17:08:15","modified_gmt":"2019-09-18T15:08:15","slug":"catalan-cuisine-curiosities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/catalan-cuisine-curiosities\/","title":{"rendered":"Catalan Cuisine Curiosities"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Catalan cuisine is one of the most admired cuisines in Spain and well-known all over the world. <strong>Typical Catalan food<\/strong> encompasses the highly valued Mediterranean diet, and it is one of the tastiest cuisines, combining ingredients from both land and sea.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">If you are staying in your <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/short-term-rentals\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" class=\"broken_link\"><strong>tourist accommodation<\/strong><\/a> in Catalonia, wishing to learn more about Catalan gastronomy, don&#8217;t miss this article by <strong>ShBarcelona<\/strong>. Today we will tell you more on a few culinary curiosities from this autonomous region.<\/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\/catalan-cuisine-curiosities\/#Discover_unknown_Catalan_cuisine\" title=\"Discover unknown Catalan cuisine\">Discover unknown Catalan cuisine<\/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-cuisine-curiosities\/#Extremadura_ham_and_pa_amb_tomaquet\" title=\"Extremadura ham and p\u00e0 amb tom\u00e0quet\">Extremadura ham and p\u00e0 amb tom\u00e0quet<\/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-cuisine-curiosities\/#The_extraordinary_history_of_Crema_catalana\" title=\"The extraordinary history of Crema catalana\">The extraordinary history of Crema catalana<\/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-cuisine-curiosities\/#Winter_dish_Escudella_i_carn_dolla\" title=\"Winter dish Escudella i carn d&#8217;olla\">Winter dish Escudella i carn d&#8217;olla<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Discover_unknown_Catalan_cuisine\"><\/span>Discover unknown Catalan cuisine<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Extremadura_ham_and_pa_amb_tomaquet\"><\/span>Extremadura ham and <em>p\u00e0 amb tom\u00e0quet<\/em><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<div id=\"attachment_99885\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-99885\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-99885\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/verchmarco-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"pan con tomate, 4 slices of toast with tomato\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-99885\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Photo by verchmarco via Visualhunt<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Two items from the <strong>Extremadura and Catalonia<\/strong> combine extremely well: <em>p\u00e0 amb tom\u00e0quet<\/em> (bread rubbed with ripe tomato) and<em> pernil<\/em> (ham). The bread, either toasted or not, is probably the most well-known <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/typical-catalan-dishes-to-celebrate-christmas\/\"><strong>Catalan dish<\/strong><\/a>, and it is delicious.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Some say that the Extremadura ham is actually the best Spanish ham available. When you visit the Extremadura, more specific a part in the Badajoz province, and go for breakfast in a bar there, it is good to know that a typical breakfast is &#8220;the Catalan&#8221; breakfast, consisting of bread with tomato (Catalan recipe) and ham (the lovely Extremadura ham). The advantage of being in the Extremadura is that you will almost certainly get Iberian ham on your plate.<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"The_extraordinary_history_of_Crema_catalana\"><\/span>The extraordinary history of <em>Crema catalana<\/em><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>Crema catalana<\/em>, or Catalan cream, is one of the most <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/catalan-sweets\/\"><strong>typical Catalan<\/strong><\/a> desserts. There are many rumours about the origin of this dessert, although they believe it was invented by nuns from an 18th century Catalan convent.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Apparently the nuns had to prepare dinner for an important bishop, and the flan that they had prepared earlier had not yet curdled, so they decided to serve it without curdling and added burnt sugar on top as a special touch.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Traditionally this dessert was eaten on Sundays and public holidays, accompanying <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/catalan-recipes-coca-de-recapte\/\"><strong>cocas<\/strong><\/a>. <em><strong>D<\/strong><strong>\u00eda de Sant Josep<\/strong><\/em>, on <strong>March 19<\/strong>, was a special day for eating Crema catalana, but unfortunately this tradition is no longer alive.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">This dessert is mentioned repeatedly in the works of <strong>Josep Pla<\/strong> and poet <strong>Miquel Mart\u00ed i Pol<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Related article:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/the-best-vichyssoise-recipe-with-cocina-en\/\">The Best Vichyssoise Recipe<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Winter_dish_Escudella_i_carn_dolla\"><\/span>Winter dish<em> Escudella<\/em> <em>i<\/em> <em>carn d&#8217;olla<\/em><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<div id=\"attachment_99883\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-99883\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-99883\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/JaulaDeArdilla-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"escudella or carn d'olla catalan food\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-99883\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Photo by JaulaDeArdilla via Visualhunt<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>Escudella<\/em> <em>i<\/em> <em>carn d&#8217;olla<\/em> (or in short <em>escudella<\/em>) is more considered a winter dish, as it mainly consists of soup with high calorie <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/traditional-catalan-soup-dishes-for-the-winter\/\"><strong>ingredients<\/strong><\/a>. For a long time, however, escudella was eaten throughout the whole year, because in summer it would <strong>replenish the body<\/strong> when nutrients were lost through (heavy) <strong>sweating<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Some experts say that they already ate escudella in the fourteenth century, and they used <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/best-bakeries-barcelona\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>bread<\/strong><\/a> to dip in the broth. This tradition lasted up until the twentieth century, and some older people still even do it now.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Sharing habits with Occitan gastronomy, it was customary to add a little wine to the last few spoonfuls of soup, and one would then mix it all together before finishing the dish.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Towns in Urgell and Andorra traditionally made <em>calderadas<\/em> for <strong>San Antonio Abad<\/strong>, which meant they filled big pots with escudella, making it possible for everyone in the village to take a portion home.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>*Main photo by katherineprice via Visualhunt<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>What typical Catalan dish do you like?<\/strong><\/p>\n<div style=\"display: none;\"\n    class=\"kk-star-ratings kksr-valign-bottom kksr-align-left \"\n    data-id=\"99881\"\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: 0px;\">\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            <span class=\"kksr-muted\">Rate us!<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Catalan cuisine is one of the most admired cuisines in Spain and well-known all over the world. 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