One of the most highlight features in Costa Brava has always been their enticing food and delicacy. It really tickles the taste buds of most foreigners and residents alike and wants to literally have some more.
Would you like to know what the Costa Brava foods are? Common, as it seem it could be, but nothing beats the exquisiteness of every meal prepared in every kitchen in Costa Brava. Here are some of its cuisines.
Truffles – Do you know that a variety of truffles in Costa Brava is actually more expensive than gold itself? The black fungus, a variety of truffles, grows in Catalonia on December to March in its oak forests. The black fungus is found in loose soil in the forests’ surfaces. It is being used for meat and fish dishes.
Traditional truffle hunters used pigs to sniff these truffles out, but now it is dogs by then. This product then has been exported to France, and to other localities.
Meats – Meats are cooked in Costa Brava with such uniqueness. For barbecued meals, meats are cooked over fire with vine pruning to lighten up the heat more. The most delicious meat recipes are the arros amb conill (rice with rabbit) and the perdices con coles (partridge with cabbage).
Cecina – This is one kind of meal that is made of, not just beef but also in horse, goat, or donkey in some cases. The process to do this viand is usually the same to make hams. Cooked cecina is deeply red in color as it is served in thin slices drizzled in oil. Basically, it is the sausage variety here in Costa Brava.
Meto – Are you fond of cheeses? Well meto is an unsalted goat cheese that is so into people in Costa Brava. Once served, it is usually accompanied with honey.
Other meals cooked in the kitchens of Costa Brava are Butifarra and Morcilla, Longaniza, Salchichon, and Chistorra, another variety of sausages; pork dishes like Lomo Embuchado; desserts like Crema Catalana, Postre de Music; fish meals like Fish suquet and Cuttlefish with peas; and a lot, lot more!
So, what are you waiting for? Indulge the delicious food in Costa Brava and savor it all yourself.
