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Posted on 22nd September 201813th November 2019

The coffee in Italy: Gli espressi

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One of my favourite things while in Italy is having coffee after a fabulous meal.

I think of an Italian espresso and I’m already anticipating the aroma, the creamy, smooth foam on top, the initial bitter taste, the bigger body that develops after that, and then, before you can reflect much more on it… it’s gone! Continue reading “The coffee in Italy: Gli espressi”

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Tapas / Starters
  • Hígado con picada (livers with garlic sauce)
  • Patatas asadas con pimentón (roasted potatoes with paprika)
Mains
  • Paella (traditional from Valencia)
  • Borreta (rice based mountain winter stew)
  • Pimientos rellenos / Bajoques farcides (peppers stuffed with rice)
  • Lentejas (lentil stew)
  • Coca de Fira (calorific thick flatbread)
  • Arroz con acelgas (Rice with Swiss Chard): a soupy rice
  • Arròs de mescleta (mixed rice): rice with lots of beans
  • Arroz al horno con pasas y garbanzos / arròs al forn amb panses i cigrons (oven baked raisin and chickpea rice)
  • Roasted artichokes
  • Tortilla de garbanzos (chickpeas omelette)
  • Plato de verano (summer's dish)
  • Bollit / hervido (boiled vegetables)
  • Carrot and potato soup
Desserts & sweets
  • Pa de Sant Antoni - sweet buns and sourdough savoury version
  • Bollos de Sant Blai (Saint Blaise's buns) - sweet flat buns
  • Coca de llanda - sweet, sweet sponge
  • Mona de Pascua - Easter bun
  • Horchata de chufas / horchata valenciana (tiger nut based, very refreshing drink)
  • Horchata de pipas de melón (melon seeds horchata)
  • Sant Dionís sweets for 9 d'Octubre (la Mocaorà) - fruit shaped marzipan
  • Macedonia de otoño (Autumn fruit salad)
  • Fogassa d'Ontinyent - enriched sweet bun with nuts and raisins
  • Carquinyols / casquinyols (Valencian style biscotti)

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