Spanish Cuisine – Wine And Cheese
Map of Spanish cheeses, which are twenty appellations of origin, is particularly extensive. Milk from cows, sheep or goat fresh cheese such as Burgos; old like the valley of the Pas; blue like Cabrales, proteolysis as the Torta Del Casar, traditional like Manchego. There are also eighty-six other varieties to suit all tastes.
Sweets “gods”
Artisans often prepare bread and pastries at the same time. These places produce suggestive odors that one will find almost everywhere in Spain. Breads and sweets just out of the oven, varied, delicious, unforgettable. These products are often marked by Jewish or Arab culture. Delicious recipes using almond oil, honey, flour, milk, eggs and sugar, sometimes identified with a touch of aromatic seeds like sesame, fennel, anise, poppy, etc…
Meal time: a real party
Spanish cuisine is closely related to the celebration of religious festivals in which family, friends or neighbors come together around a table to taste the dishes and typical sweets that vary depending on the occasion. Christmas is a great opportunity to taste dishes of lamb, roast turkey, famous nougat, marzipan and the polvorones mantecados; at Easter you can taste the traditional Mona and chocolate eggs.
Other festivals have a widespread origin dating back to the celebration of the late crops such as the harvest or vintage. Still others are of local character, often intended to promote a product, as is the case of feasts of seafood, lamb, cherry, wine or cider , just to name a few. During these holidays, they enjoy special dishes with a large part of Spanish cuisine known as “kitchen parties”.
A treasure wine
Spain is the country that devotes a larger area of land to vineyards. There are vineyards to the north, center and south of the Peninsula at sea level and altitude, facing east and west; native varieties for most or foreign varieties selected from the most exclusive in the world. The supply of Spanish wines is such that we can find one similar in France and Italy, two countries with a tradition of winemaking.
Each dish has a wine that suits it better. You will find that it is an exciting challenge which will be the reward of experiencing the pleasure of tasting them all. Visitors can taste wines from some sixty appellations of origin. If you want to finish off a meal, it is advisable to take a little liquor. Spain produces a huge variety of liquors with diverse composition and very pleasant taste. Traditionally, liquors are considered an efficient digestive. So it’s a perfect way to end a meal.