Province
& Villages - Almeria - Vera - Food & Drinks
Vera information
The traditional cuisine
The traditional cuisine of Verais internationally well known
and acknowledged by "gourmets" and conoceurs of
good food. In the past years the local restaurants have made
an effort to maintain these typical dishes with their traditional
recipes, and also to reform and renovate them. typical dishes
like for example "Tortas de Avio", "Gurullos
con Conejo" (a typical dish of this area with rabbit
meat), "Ajo Colorado" (a garlic dish), "Guiso
de Palotas a la Veratense", as well as "Olla de
Trigo" which means more or less "wheat stew".
You may order the following as desert: typical pastry with
egg, like for example "Hornazos", "Torticas
Reales", "Roscos de Vino y Anís" (this
is a type of yeast pastry in dougthnut shape made with wine),
"Pastafloras" (yeast pastry), "Deditos de Jesús",
"Tortas de Chicharrones" and also "Tortas de
Pellizcos" (yeast pastry).
The variety of meals and dishes, which find their origin in
the mountains of the Mediterranean Coast, also consist of
deer, rabbit meat, and chicken, and so satisfy even the most
demanding "gourmet". In Vera and its sorruondings
the Greeks and Romans didn't just look for silver, but also
wheat, which is the base for many delicious dishes, like for
example: "Olla de Trigo", which, as mentioned above,
is a type of "wheat stew".
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