Fuet is a traditional Catalan sausage made with pork meat in a natural pork casing. This thin, dry-cured sausage is commonly consumed with bread or added to other dishes such as soups and casseroles. Its flavour can vary from mildly spicy to spicy, depending on the seasonings used in its preparation. Fuet is usually flavoured with garlic, aniseed, or black pepper.

Coca de San Juan is a popular, festive Spanish cake consisting of flour, sugar, lemon zest, eggs, butter, milk, and yeast. Cherries, pine nuts, and crystallized ginger are dispersed throughout the cake, giving it a unique visual appearance. The cake is traditionally consumed on the feast of San Juan, hence the name. It is recommended to serve the cake with a cup of tea on the side.

Tupí is a traditional Catalan cheese made from cow's, goat's, or sheep's milk that is mixed with liqueurs or olive oil. The cheese is fermented in a clay pot (called tupí, hence the name) and has an intense, spicy, tangy, and fruity flavour. It doesn't need to be refrigerated, so it is traditionally consumed straight from the pot. Tupí is often seasoned with garlic, and in order to subdue its powerful flavour, it is sometimes combined with honey, butter, or …

Arbequina is small, round olives native to the Spanish city of Arbeca, formerly known as Arbequa. Ripe arbequina olives have a firm, meaty texture and fruity flavour. They range from light pink to dark orange in colour, and although they can be brined and served as table olives, they are usually harvested early and used in the production of olive oil that is characterized by a delicate, floral flavour.

Faves a la Catalana is a traditional Spanish dish originating from Catalonia. The dish is made with fava beans (broad beans) that are cooked in stock with a bit of botifarra negra (blood sausage). Apart from those key ingredients, the dish also contains bacon, onions, garlic, tomatoes, white wine, olive oil, and paprika.

Zarzuela de mariscos is a traditional Catalan seafood stew. Although the dish is similar to Marseille's bouillabaise, it's more rustic because it contains ground almonds, and the flavours are bolder due to ingredients such as cured pork, peppers, and tomatoes. The ingredients are mussels, clams, and shrimp, but some people like to add scallops and calamari as well. Other ingredients include saffron, white wine, olive oil, bay leaves, onions, garlic, rosemary, and thyme, with smoked paprika and parsley used as …

The colourful mona de Pasqua is a traditional Catalan Easter cake symbolizing spring and the end of Lent. Although there are numerous versions of the cake, it most usually consists of a sweet brioche dough that is stuffed with candied fruit and topped with hard-boiled eggs. Many versions of the cake are filled with cream, chocolate, or fruit jam, and covered with almonds or crème brûlée. The cakes are typically decorated with inedible baby chicks, chocolate eggs, or figurines of …

Boles de picolat is a traditional Catalan dish in which meatballs and olives are simmered in a rich sauce. Other ingredients include carrots, garlic, cepes mushrooms, tomato purée, and olive oil. The meatballs are often prepared with a combination of pork and beef mince, flour, eggs, and onions. They're fried in olive oil, then combined with the sauce. Once prepared, the dish is served with white beans, chickpeas, or rice on the side.

Fricandó amb moixernons is a classic Catalan dish of casseroled veal. The dish is prepared with small, flattened slices of veal (rump, shank, round, flank), onions, carrots, tomatoes, almonds, garlic, flour, white wine, carquinyoli biscuits, and moixernons (fairy ring mushrooms). Optional ingredients include bacon and a bit of dark chocolate. The meat is covered with the sauce and a picada consisting of parsley, chopped garlic, and carquinyoli biscuits. Fricandó amb moixernons is usually left to stand for a few hours …

Pollo a la Catalana is a hearty Spanish dish consisting of chicken pieces that are browned, then simmered in a rich sauce made with onions, tomatoes, prunes, dried apricots, pine nuts, and white wine or brandy. The dish is especially popular in fall, and it is recommended to serve it with white rice on the side.

Suquet de peix is a Catalan potato-based seafood stew. It is made with any kind of fresh fish or seafood, potatoes, white wine, and fish stock, flavoured with paprika and saffron. The stew is elevated with the addition of picada – a classic Catalan sauce traditionally made with a mortar and pestle – prepared with a combination of garlic, chilli powder, roasted nuts (almonds, hazelnuts), and fried bread. It is recommended to serve this delicious stew with garlic-rubbed bread on …

Fideus a la cassola is a Catalan dish prepared by cooking the noodles in a clay pot with pork chops, pieces of sausage, olive oil, tomatoes, onions, garlic, and parsley. The noodles are added to the pot only after all other ingredients have started to caramelize and release their juices. Boiling water or broth is then added to the pot, and the dish is left to simmer a bit more until the noodles are cooked. This dish is especially popular …

Esqueixada is a traditional Catalan salad prepared with cod as the main ingredient. Other ingredients may vary, but tomatoes, onions, red peppers, and olive oil are most commonly used. Cod should first be desalted, then flaked between the fingers, hence the name esqueixada, derived from esqueixar, meaning to tear. This Catalan summertime staple is sometimes garnished with hard-boiled eggs and black olives before serving.