Spanish Cuisine – Recommended Culinary Delights

While not as well known as some other European countries, Spain has, nonetheless, built an incredibly strong food culture over its long history. Spanish cuisine, at its heart, has always had a very rustic aura to it and even in modern times, this remains quite true. 

The lands of Spain are brimming with a great variety of delightful dishes for you to gift your taste buds and to help you with that, here are some of our recommendations when it comes to Spanish cuisine.

Gazpacho

This tomato-based soup from Andalusian is a popular dish in many places around the world, however, if you want a truly authentic rendition, then you gotta go to the country it came from. 

This Spanish cuisine is famous for the fact that it’s served cold, an unusual fact for most since soup is a dish we imagine as piping hot. Though, just like a hot bowl of soup normally serves to warm up the body on cold winter’s day. A cold bowl of Gazpacho works the same for the searing heat of summer’s days. Tomatoes, peppers, garlic and a genius amount of olive oil all come together to form this wonderful meal, with some bread on the side of course.

Tortilla

You’ve probably heard of this one before, especially if you’re a fan of Mexican food, however, this Tortilla isn’t the one you’re thinking of. This classic Spanish cuisine is an omelette, one made from chorizo, peppers, onions, potatoes and of course, eggs. Other ingredients can also be a part of the mix depending on who’s making it with the simplest rendition of the dish being just the last two ingredients. 

Paella Valenciana

Paella is a very well know Spanish delicacy and is often mistakenly considered by foreigners to be the national dish of Spain. However, while popular throughout the country, the dish originates from the region of Valencia making the Paella Valencia the most authentic rendition of this delightful Spanish cuisine.

Paella Valencia is mainly made in two ways, one with rabbit and chicken and the other, a seafood dish. With beautiful saffron-infused rice, scrumptious meats and tasty crust at the base, get ready to be assaulted by a torrent of flavours with every bite.

Albondigas

Albondigas or meatballs is a classic tapas dish in Spanish cuisine. It pairs pleasantly soft meatballs with a rich tomato sauce to bring forth a strong, delectable flavour. There is also an equally delicious variation of this which pairs the meatballs with an almond sauce instead.