Andalusian Christmas Food

She serves the broth alongside our tasty christmas eve dinner leftovers.

Andalusian christmas food. In its elaboration it uses ground almonds and skinless grapes or pipes for the presentation. Antequera and estepa are home to these delicious sweet snacks that are also completely handmade in most of its factories and bakeries. Some of the typical christmas sweets are marzipan candied pine nut caramel coated almonds almond muffins toasted almonds toasted pound cakes and the traditional roscón de reyes. Let it cook for about 10 minutes and then add chopped green pepper.

A typical spanish christmas eve menu features several courses beginning with tapas appetizers a first course main course and dessert with coffee or after dinner cocktails. Another delicious poor s andalusian dish. Andalusia has a living cuisine offering pleasant and delicious surprises. During christmastime andalusians particularly serve these following dishes.

Enjoy your trip and sweeten the palate. It is a mix of lard with a wide variety of different flavours. The typical grandma s cooking based in the healthy mediterranean diet takes the flavours and aromas from the land sea and mountains which are then drizzled with local olive oil and served with a wonderful andalusian wine. Garnish with diced serrano or iberico ham and hard boiled eggs.

My mother in law usually makes a valencian puchero on christmas day. Puchero is a traditional winter stew filled with hearty meats and lots of root vegetables. Chop the onion and cook for 5 minutes at a medium low temperature in olive oil. Add finely sliced potatoes crushed garlic and a pinch of salt to potatoes.

Cava a spanish sparkling wine is perfect for toasting and you can t have dessert without espresso. El gazpacho cortijero is a variant of the traditional gazpacho that is made in all the andalusian regions. Another type of soup served hot is sopa de almería done with monkfish accompanied by clams prawns peas red peppers and carrots. Andalusian salmorejo is a cold creamy tomato soup originating in córdoba spain and is gazpacho s cousin made with tomatoes bread oil garlic and vinegar it is a beautiful deep pink orange summer soup that is sure to refresh.

This broth soup comes with noodles ham egg and croutons. Cook for 5 10 more minutes and enjoy your poor food 6. When planning your meal don t forget about drinks. The broth is often served with rice or tiny pasta noodles referred to as fideos.

This sweet festive bread in the shape of a ring is decorated with candied fruits and filled with cream chocolate or marmalade.