Comida

Gazpacho (Photo credit: HarlanH)

A list of my new favorites & foods that we eat on a regular basis: (last updated November 12)

– Queso de cabra con miel (a baked cheese tapa with honey)

– Gazpacho (a soup made with ingredients like tomatoes and olive oil); we have gazpacho almost every day at lunch!

– Arroz caldoso (a rice dish cooked with more/less water to serve in either a thick/thin broth)

– Guisantes cocidos (all it consisted of was baked peas with a dressing, but we had it for dinner one night and it was AWESOME!)

Croquetas (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

– Tortilla Española (a typical Spanish dish made with eggs and potatoes, which we had with a side of tomatoes and vinegar)

– Croquetas (dough mixed with ground ingredients like meat, fried in oil; one of the more characteristically Spanish types I’ve tried are Croquetas de rabo de toro, made with meat from a bull’s tail)

Salmorejo cordobés, a traditional tapa

– Salmorejo cordobés (a cream consisting of tomato and bread & a native dish to Córdoba)

– Pisto (a dish similar to ratatouille)

– Chorizo bocadillos (sandwiches made with a spicy typically Spanish sausage; our host mom makes us these when we can’t make it home for lunch or dinner)

Coliflor gratinada

– Albóndigas, meatballs (most often pork, but also of beef or seafood)

– Coliflor gratinada (cauliflower cooked in parmesan cheese and olive oil)

– Potaje (vegetables & beans cooked in plenty of water that forms almost a thick soup)

Nocilla (Photo credit: nchenga)

– Empanadillas (a mini version of empanadas, a stuffed bread or pastry that’s baked or fried; we’ve had tomato empanadillas for almuerzo)

– Nocilla (the Spanish version of Nutella but spreads better; I think I’m obsessed)

– Natillas (a custard dish made from milk and eggs; we have this for dessert occasionally)

– Bienmesabe (I had an almond one when we visited Ronda; a typical dulce from Andalucía)

Pan con tomate (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

– Yernas sevillanas (sweets made from egg yolk and sugar; also tried these in Ronda!)

– Pescaíto frito (fried fish, very common at mealtimes in Sevilla)

– Pan con tomate (a tapa of crusty bread rubbed with tomato & garlic, drizzled with olive oil & sprinkled with sea salt)

– Montaditos (very simple: mini sandwiches. But what’s not to love about a sandwich in miniature form? Favorite place to eat: Cervecería Cien Montaditos)

– Espinacas con garbanzos (spinach cooked with seasoning & garbanzo beans, a traditional Sevillian dish)

Jamón ibérico (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

– Ensaladilla (potato salad with hard-boiled egg, tuna, peas and mayonnaise; similar to the USA version, minus the mustard)

– Jamón ibérico (Spaniards love their ham, and this delicious version goes through a lengthy curing process)

– Jamón serrano(another very popular, but much less expensive, ham)

– Palmeras (a type of puff pastry shaped like a palm or butterfly, sometimes with a sugar or chocolate glaze; an awesome merienda!)

– Berenjena frita con queso camembert (fried eggplant with camembert cheese)

Gachas andaluzas (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

– Gachas dulces (sweet oatmeal, served in our house with homemade croutons & honey)

– Piononos (a typical dessert of Granada; small, cylindrical pastry fermented with different kinds of syrup)

– Queso manchego frito (A tapa of fried Manchego cheese, made in the La Mancha region of Spain with milk from Manchega sheep)

– Calamares fritos y pulpo frito (fried squid and octopus)

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And more to be added later. Check back for updates and photos! 🙂