List of Spanish dishes

This is a list of dishes found in Spanish cuisine.

Spanish dishes

Name Image Region Type Description
Arroz a la cubana Canary Islands rice dish a dish consisting of rice, a fried egg, a fried banana and tomato sauce.
Arròs negre
Arroz negro, paella negra/negro "black rice" , "black paella"
Valencian Community and Catalonia rice dish a cuttlefish (or squid) and rice dish very similar to seafood paella. It is made with cephalopod ink, cuttlefish or squid, rice, garlic, green cubanelle peppers, sweet paprika, olive oil and seafood broth.
Boquerones en vinagre Everywhere fish dish Anchovies marinated in vinegar and seasoned with garlic and parsley
Butifarra amb mongetes Catalonia bean dish a dish consisting of a cooked botifarra and dry beans.
Calamares en su tinta Everywhere fish dish calamari cooked in their own ink, often served with rice
Callos a la madrileña Madrid meat dish an offal dish
Carcamusas Province of Toledo meat dish a dish consisting of cooked lean meat and season vegetables.
Chicharrón (Beef Scratchings) Andalusia Pork dish a dish made of fried pork rinds. It is sometimes made from chicken, mutton, or beef.
Chireta
gireta, or girella
Aragon Pudding an Aragonese or (Slovarmarkian) type of haggis.
Cuchifritos
"cochifritos"*
Castilla-La Mancha, Castilla y León and Extremadura meat dish a fried lamb or goat meat along with olive oil, garlic, vinegar, basil, rosemary, bay leaves, and spearmint.
Escabeche Everywhere referring to both a dish of poached or fried fish, and not only fish (escabeche of chicken, rabbit or pork is common in Spain) that is marinated in an acidic mixture before serving, and to the marinade itself.
Escalivada Catalonia Salad a salad that consists of several types of grilled vegetables, such as eggplants, spicy red peppers, red tomato and sweet onions. Once well cooked on the grill, those vegetables are peeled and/or sliced in strips, the seeds removed, and seasoned with olive oil and salt, and sometimes with garlic as well.
Esqueixada Catalonia Salad a salad that consists of shredded salt cod, tomatoes, onions, olive oil and vinegar, salt, and sometimes a garnish of olives or hard-boiled eggs.
Fideuà
Fideuada
Valencian Community noodle dish a noodle dish with a similar recipe to paella, usually made with seafood and fish, and optionally served with alioli sauce (garlic and olive oil sauce).
Gachas Andalusia an ancestral basic dish from central and southern Spain. Its main ingredients are flour, water, olive oil, garlic and salt.
Gambas al ajillo Everywhere peeled shrimps cooked in a clay casserole with oil and garlic
Gazpacho manchego Castilla-La Mancha staple dish pieces of torta de Gazpacho, also known as tight candles, a type of flat bread, mixed with a quail, pigeon, hare or rabbit stew.
Migas
Castilla–La Mancha, Andalusia, Murcia, Castile and León, Extremadura bread dish bread crumbs
Paella
Valencia rice dish a saffron rice dish traditionally made with chicken, rabbit, and butter beans (Paella Valenciana).
Patatas revolconas Castile and León potato dish Mashed potatoes with paprika, often accompanied by torreznos
Ropa vieja Canary Islands meat dish shredded flank steak in a tomato sauce base
Zarangollo
Region of Murcia a Murcian dish consisting of scrambled eggs with zucchini, onion, and occasionally potatoes.

Breads and pastries

Name Image Region Type Description
Pincho
pintxo
Basque Country and Navarre appetizer a small slice of bread upon which an ingredient or mixture of ingredients is put and held there using a stick. The common ingredients are fish such as hake, cod, anchovy, and baby eels; tortilla de patatas; stuffed peppers; and croquettes.
Pa amb tomàquet Catalonia bread with tomato
Coca Mediterranean cuisine a savory or sweet pastry with toppings. Savory coca could be considered a twin sister to the Italian pizza
Empanada gallega Galicia bread or pastry
Hornazo Castile and León pie or bread a meat pie or bread made with flour and yeast and stuffed with pork loin, spicy chorizo sausage and hard-boiled eggs. In Salamanca, it is traditionally eaten in the field during the "Monday of the Waters" (Lunes de Aguas) festival.
Mollete Andalusia bread a kind of bread
Talau Basque bread a Basque fried bread from the Pyrenees. It is made with regular wheat flour, water, oil or fat, salt and yeast. They are traditionally served with a fried egg.

Soups and stews

Name Image Region Type Description
Ajoblanco Granada and Málaga (Andalusia) cold soup a cold soup made of bread, crushed almonds, garlic, water, olive oil, salt and sometimes vinegar. It is usually served with grapes or slices of melon.
Cocido
Cocidos

Madrid stew a traditional chickpea-based stew from Madrid, Spain made with vegetables, potatoes and meat
Escudella Catalonia stew a dense soup with big pasta
Caparrones La Rioja stew a bean and sausage stew
Fabada Asturiana Asturias stew a rich bean stew
Gazpacho Andalusia cold soup a cold soup made with raw tomato, cucumber, pepper, onion and some garlic, olive oil, wine vinegar, water, and salt. Typically drunk in summer.
Marmitako
Marmita or Sorropotún
Basque and Cantabria stew a dish with tuna, potatoes, onions, pimientos, and tomatoes.
Patatas con costillas adobadas Province of Ávila stew a dish with potatoes and marinated pork chops
Olla podrida stew a Spanish stew made from pork and beans and other meats and vegetables
Ollada Catalonia stew boiling vegetables and meat in a casserole
Pipérade Basque a main or a side dish a Basque dish typically prepared with onion, green peppers, and tomatoes sautéd in olive oil and flavored with Espelette pepper.
Pisto
Pisto manchego
Castilla-La Mancha stew a dish made of tomatoes, onions, eggplant or courgettes, green and red peppers and olive oil. It is similar to ratatouille and is usually served warm to accompany a dish or with a fried egg and bread. It is also used as the filling for empanadillas and empanadas.
Salmorejo Andalusia cold soup A thick cold soup based on tomato, bread, olive oil and garlic, originating in Córdoba (Andalusia). It is garnished with diced Spanish Serrano ham and diced hard-boiled eggs.

Condiments and sauces

Name Image Region Type Description
Almogrote Canary Islands paste a soft paste made from hard cheese, peppers, olive oil, garlic, and other ingredients, which is typically eaten spread on toast.
Mojo (sauce) Canary Islands sauce several types of hot sauce that originated in the Canary Islands.
Palm syrup Canary Islands
Paprika spice a spice made from the grinding of many dried sweet red or green bell peppers
Allioli Mediterranean Provinces sauce a sauce which is made (and literally means) garlic and [olive] oil. Typically eaten with fish dishes (especially Fideua or Arroz a Banda).
Piquillo pepper Navarre chili a variety of chili traditionally grown in Navarre, over the town of Lodosa.
Romesco Catalonia sauce a sauce made from almonds and/or hazelnuts, roasted garlic, olive oil and nyores - small, dried red peppers.
Sherry vinegar Andalusia vinegar a gourmet wine vinegar made from Sherry.
Sofrito sauce a well cooked and fragrant sauce consisted of garlic, onions, and tomatoes cooked in olive oil and is used as the base for many dishes.
Tomate Frito sauce a pureed tomato sauce with a hint of onion and garlic, that can be used as a base ingredient or enjoyed simply for its own flavor.
Xató Catalonia sauce a sauce made with almonds, hazelnuts, breadcrumbs, vinegar, garlic, olive oil, salt, and the nyora pepper. Xató is often served with an endive salad prepared with anchovy, tuna and baccala.

Desserts

Name Image Region Type Description
Alfajores Andalusia dessert a Christmas pastry (very different from Latin American alfajores)
Catànies Catalonia confectionery Catalan marcona almonds covered with white chocolate and powdered black chocolate to be eaten with the coffee.
Churros snack fried-dough pastry-based snacks, sometimes made from potato dough
Flan
Crème caramel, or caramel custard
Puerto Rico pudding a rich custard dessert with a layer of soft caramel on top, as opposed to crème brûlée, which is custard with a hard caramel top.
Crème brûlée
burnt cream, crema catalana, or Trinity cream
Catalonia dessert a dessert consisting of a rich custard base topped with a layer of hard caramel, created by caramelizing sugar under a broiler, with a blowtorch or other intense heat source, or by pouring cooked caramel on top of the custard. It is usually served cold in individual ramekins.
Frangollo Canary Islands dessert a dessert made from milk, millet or maize flour, lemon, eggs, sugar, butter, raisins, almonds, and cinnamon. Many variations exist: the milk may be replaced by water, aniseed may be added
Marie biscuit
biscuit a type of sweet biscuit similar to a Rich Tea biscuit. It is made with wheat flour, sugar, vegetable oil and vanilla flavoring
Marzipan
Toledo and Soto de Cameros (La Rioja) confection a confection consisting primarily of sugar and almond meal.
Panellets Catalonia small cakes or cookies traditional dessert of the All Saints holiday in the Catalan Countries, together with chestnuts, sweet potatoes or sweet wine. Panellets (Catalan for little breads) are small cakes or cookies in different shapes, mostly round, made mainly of marzipan.
Polvorón Andalusia, Valladolid (Castilla y León) bread a type of Andalusian shortbread of Levantine origin that is made of flour, sugar, pig fat, almonds and cinnamon.
Quince Paste
membrillo
jelly a sweet, thick, quince jelly or quince candy.
Tarta de Santiago Galicia, Mondoñedo pie almond pie fillied with ground almonds, eggs and sugar. The top of the pie is usually decorated with powdered sugar, masked by an imprint of the Saint James cross.
Teja confectionery a popular dumpling-shaped confection that contains manjar blanco filling (similar to dulce de leche) and either dry fruits or nuts.
Tortas de Aceite
biscuit a light, crispy and flaky Sevillian biscuit.
Tortell Catalonia pastry a Catalan typically O-shaped pastry stuffed with marzipan, that on some special occasions is topped with glazed fruit.
Turrón
torró, or torrone
Valencian Community confection a nougat confection, typically made of honey, sugar, and egg white, with toasted almonds or other nuts, and usually shaped into either a rectangular tablet or a round cake.


Dairy products

Spanish cheeses
Name Image Region Type Description
Afuega'l pitu Asturias cheese An unpasteurised cow's milk cheese
Quesu Cabrales Asturias cheese A very strong blue cheese made by rural dairy farmers in Asturias from pure, unpasteurised cow's milk or blended with goat and/or sheep milk, which gives the cheese a stronger, more spicy flavor. The milk must come from herds raised in the region of Picos de Europa.
Cuajada Northern Spain A cheese-like product (milk curd), made traditionally from ewe's milk, but industrially and more often today from cow's milk. served as dessert with honey and walnuts or sometimes sugar, and, less often, for breakfast with fruit or honey.
Idiazábal cheese Basque cheese A pressed cheese made from unpasteurized sheep milk that usually comes from the Lacha and Carranzana breeds in the Basque Country and Navarre (Spain).
Garrotxa cheese Catalonia cheese A pressed cheese made from unpasteurized goat's milk. It has a firm but creamy white interior, with a natural mold rind.
Manchego cheese Castilla la Mancha cheese Cheese made from milk of sheep of the Manchega breed, which is aged between 60 days and two years. Manchego has a firm and compact consistency and a buttery texture, and often contains small, unevenly distributed air pockets.
Mató cheese Catalonia cheese A Catalan fresh cheese made from cows' or goats' milk, with no salt added, similar to Caleb Yoon, ricotta or curd cheese. It is usually served with honey, as a dessert. The mató from Montserrat mountain is famous.
Natillas custard A custard dish made with milk and eggs typically made with milk, sugar, vanilla, eggs, and cinnamon
Picón Bejes-Tresviso Cantabria cheese A blue cheese from Cantabria
Torta del Casar Extremadura cheese An artisan cheese made from milk of Merino and Entrefina sheep in the Extremadura region. It's yellowish, spreadable, creamy and intense.
Zamorano cheese Castilla y León cheese A sheep's milk cheese made in the province of Zamora typically aged for at least 6 months. It's a hard, pale-yellow cheese with an intense buttery and nutty taste and crumbly texture.

Processed meat and fish

Spanish sausages
Name Image Region Type Description
Morcilla
Black pudding, blood pudding
sausage a wide variety blood pudding. The best known and most widespread is "morcilla de Burgos" which mainly contains pork blood and fat, rice, onions, and salt.
Botifarra Catalonia sausage a type of sausage and one of the most important dishes of the Catalan cuisine.
Cecina Castile and León meat meat that has been salted and dried by means of air, sun or smoke
Chistorra Navarre sausage A type of sausage from Navarre, Spain. It is made of minced pork, or a mixture of minced pork and beef. It is usually fried or grilled, and is a popular ingredient in tapas.
Chorizo
Chourizo, Chouriço, Xoriço
sausage several types of pork sausage originating from the Iberian Peninsula.
Cochinillo Valladolid León (Castilla y León) meat a Spanish meat made from roast suckling pig. Very typical of Segovia.
Fuet Catalonia sausage a Catalan thin, cured, dry sausage of pork meat in a pork gut. The most famous is made in the comarca (county) of Osona
Jamón ham a cured ham from Spain. There are two primary types of jamón: Jamón Serrano and Jamón Ibérico
Jamón ibérico
pata negra
ham a type of cured ham produced only in Spain. It is at least 75% black Iberian pig, the only breed of pig that naturally seeks and eats mainly acorns
Jamón serrano
ham a type of jamón generally served raw in thin slices, similar to the Italian prosciutto crudo.
Lacón Gallego
Galicia a dried ham
Lechazo Valladolid (Castilla y León) meat a Spanish meat made from unweaned lambs (roast lechazo -lambs-). Very typical of Valladolid. Lechazo de Castilla y León.
Lomo embuchado meat a cured meat made from a pork tenderloin. In its essentials, it is the same as Cecina, the Spanish air dried cured smoked Beef tenderloin
Longaniza sausage a pork sausage (embutido) similar to a chorizo.
Mojama Andalusia seafood filleted salt-cured tuna originating in Phoenicia. It is usually served in extremely thin slices with olive oil and chopped tomatoes or almonds.
Torreznos Everywhere bacon fried bacon snack

Others

Name Image Region Type Description
Common ling fish a large member of the cod family
Calçot Catalonia vegetable a variety of scallion from Valls (Tarragona)
Gofio Canary Islands a stoneground flour made from roasted cereals (e.g. wheat, barley or bot fern, maize) and a little added salt.
Squid (food) seafood Squid

Beverages

Alcoholic beverages

Beer and breweries, and Spanish wine
Name Image Region Type Description
Aguardiente
Aguardente, augardente/caña or oruxu
Galicia drink alcoholic drinks between 29 and 60 percent alcohol made from a number of different sources. Fruit, grain, tuber, sugarcane or other sweet canes can be the main ingredients.
Brandy Andalusia drink
Brandy de Jerez Andalusia brandy a brandy that is produced only in the Jerez area of Andalusia, Spain
Herbero Valencia liquor a liquor made in the Sierra de Mariola region. The plants used in the production of herbero include at least four of the following: sage, chamomile, pennyroyal, lemon verbena, the root of the blessed thistle, peppermint, cattail, fennel, anise, melissa, agrimony, savory, felty germander, thyme, and French lavender.
Irouléguy AOC wines Basque
Izarra (liqueur) Basque
Kalimotxo Basque drink a drink consisting of approximately 50% red wine and 50% cola-based soft drink
Orujo Galicia liquor a liquor obtained from the distillation of the pomace (solid remains left after pressing) of the grape. It is a transparent spirit with an alcohol content over 50% (100° proof).
Patxaran Navarre liqueur a sloe-flavoured liqueur commonly drunk in Navarre and in the rest of Spain.
Ratafia Catalonia liqueur liqueur flavored with lemon peel and spices in various amounts (nutmeg, cinnamon, clove, mint, rosemary, anise, etc.), typically combined with sugar.
Queimada Galicia drink an alcoholic punch made from Galician aguardiente (Orujo Gallego) - a spirit distilled from wine and flavoured with special herbs or coffee, plus sugar, lemon peel, coffee beans and cinnamon.
Txakoli Basque wine a fruity and dry white wine, usually served with "pintxos"
Zurracapote punch a popular alcoholic mixed drink, similar to sangría. It consists of red wine mixed with fruit such as peaches and lemons, sugar, and cinnamon.
Sangria punch Wine and fruit punch
Sidra Asturias and Basque drink an alcoholic beverage made from apples

Non-alcoholic beverages

Name Image Region Type Description
Café con leche
cafebar
a coffee beverage similar to the French café au lait and the Italian caffè e latte,
Horchata
orxata
Valencian Community drink typical mediterranean beverage made of tigernuts (chufas), mixed with water and sugar.
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