Spanish+Food

The Spanish kitchen is a part of the Mediterranean diet. In it, some dishes stand out, for example:

= =   Ham

In Spain, everyone eat both ham and other types of ham, Iberian ham or Serrano ham, which are typical of Spain and also very consumed by Spanish and tourists.

**__ D __**__ efinition __ Ham is a cut of meat from the thigh of the hind leg of certain animals, especially a pig. Most ham is cured and may be served cooked or uncooked.

**__ T __**__ ipes __ Hams in Spain can be of two different tipes: · The jamón serrano (Serrano Ham) comes from the white pig. · Jamón Ibérico (Iberian ham) comes from the black Iberian Pig, and is also classified depending on the amount of acorns they eat, which determines the ham quality.

= = = = = = = = = = = = =**Sopa de Picadillo (Picadillo Soup)** = That's not a specially canarian typical dish, it really comes from Andalucía, and we don't eat it very often. In spite of that, you can find it in some restaurants here. It's similar to a chicken soup but it has eggs, bread, chickpeas and other things. It's probably called like this, because most of the ingredients are "picados" (minced). I couldn't find a good picture, that's the best I have nowadays. I also add a map of where Andalucía is, in case you don't know. __ Paella __

A paella is a typical recipe originally from Valencia (a Spanish region).The main ingredient is the white rice.Also you cook it with green vegetables, meat (rabbit, chicken, duck), land snails and beans.It depends on each type of paella.

They are served in "paelleras" with a hot temperature.

There are different types of paellas:


 * __The originale paella__




 * __The seafood paella__ ( cook with fish or/and seafood)




 * __The mixed paella__ (cook with chicken, seafood or/and fish)



-olive oilYou can you use the olive oil to cook different foods like: tortilla of potatoes or spanish tortilla.

This one is cooked with potatoes and eggs, also you can add other ingredients.

**The fabada**
The fabada is a Spanish first dish originated in Asturias.

It's made with beans and sausages.

The queque.
The queque is a very famous and delicious dessert of Spain. It has eggs, flour, butter, milk... There are also queques of chocolate and with fruit. It´s very easy to do a queque.