Balearic cuisine

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Balearic cuisine is the set of typical dishes and ingredients of the diet of the Balearic Islands in Spain. Traditional Balearic cuisine is closely related to other Mediterranean cuisines, especially Catalan cuisine, in that it is rich in vegetables, cereal and legumes as well as being low in fats. A succinct selection of the primary dishes would be lobster stew, cheese and wine.

Contents 1 Bakery and confectionery 2 Vegetables 3 Meat 4 Fish 5 Fats 6 Other 7 See also

[edit] Bakery and confectionery

• Unsalted bread
• Ensaimada: Lard- based pastry sprinkled with powdered sugar.
• Flaó: Cottage cheese tart. The recipe includes eggs, cottage cheese, sugar and mint. The mixture of savoury and sweet flavourings may reflect Arab influence from the Islamic past of the islands.
• Coca: Similar to Italian pizza but without cheese. Typically, Majorcan varieties include julivert (parsley), pebres torrats (roasted peppers), and trempó (tomato, green pepper and onion salad).
• Easter baking products

• Panades: lamb and pea pasties.
• Robiols: cottage cheese- or jam-stuffed pastries

[edit] Vegetables

Traditional vegetables dishes are:

• Tumbet: Fried courgettes, potatoes, eggplant and red peppers baked in tomato sauce. Tumbet is related to similar Mediterranean dishes such as samfaina or ratatouille.
• Fava parada: Fava bean and mixed vegetable puree

[edit] Meat

• Sobrassada
• Mè rostit, porcella rostida: lamb and piglet roasts
• Eggplants or zucchinis stuffed with minced meat
• Arròs brut: "Dirty rice" - meat, game, vegetables, rice and spices cooked in a meat broth.

[edit] Fish

• Caldereta: Lobster stew
• Baked fish, such as anfós (grouper)
• Arròs de peix: rice cooked in a fish broth with fish pieces

[edit] Fats

• Olive oil is the most commonly used fat in Balearic cooking. Butter is used sparingly, even in dishes frequently relying upon butter in other parts of the world, e.g., huevos fritos (fried eggs)
• Mayonnaise: Some historians argue that mayonnaise originates from Mahon, the capital of the Balearic island of Minorca.^{[citation needed]}

[edit] Other

• Maó cheese: a hard cow's milk cheese similar to Grana Padano or Parmesan)
• Red wines from the Binissalem and Plà i Llevant areas.

[edit] See also

• Catalan cuisine
• Valencian cuisine
• Spanish cuisine

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