 Please note: We will be combining our July and August newsletters due to our travel. We will be blogging on our Facebook page in August about our experiences and locations. Join our Facebook page by clicking on it from our website: www.comidaespana.com.
This summer, we are going to the northwestern part of Spain. Galicia is where all of our seafood conservas come from. This area is very unique compared to the rest of Spain. It has a rugged western coastline consisting of cliffs as well as inlets. Best of all, it won’t be +100 degrees!
The food is very different there also. Because of its fishing industry, a lot of the foundations of the local dishes are seafood or fish. A few of the dishes are: Vieras de Santiago (Scallops in the shell), Empanadas, which many think of as a Latin American dish, however it originated here in Galicia; and Lacón con grelos (the Galician national dish of cured pork shoulder with turnip tops and sausage). For recipes specific to Galicia, go to http://www.spain-recipes.com
The further east you go, cheese and wine become more and more prevalent. |
This northwestern region is most famous for the pilgrimage trek: “the Road to Santiago”. This route starts in various locations in Europe and ends at Santiago De Compostela. Considered by many, the third most important Christian pilgrimage after Jerusalem and Rome. To find out more about this historic trek and routes go to: