Spain

🇪🇸Asturias, Spain

Asturian Chorizo Buns

Bollos Prenaos

Asturian bread rolls baked around chorizo.

🇪🇸Asturias, Spain

Asturian Cider

Sidra asturiana

A natural, still apple cider from Asturias, poured from height (escanciar) to aerate it, traditionally drunk in one gulp from a wide glass.

🇪🇸Asturias, Spain

Asturian Pot

Pote asturiano

A hearty Asturian winter stew with white beans, cabbage, potatoes, and smoked pork products including chorizo, morcilla, and lacon.

🇪🇸Castile-La Mancha, Spain

Atascaburras

A Castilla-La Mancha dish of mashed potatoes with garlic, flaked salt cod, olive oil, walnuts, and boiled egg, with a mousse-like texture.

🇪🇸Andalusia, Spain

Atún mechado

In Andalusia, Atún mechado is tuna loin stuffed with bacon or garlic and braised in sauce.

🇪🇸Basque Country, Spain

Baby Eels in a Clay Pot

Angulas a la cazuela

In the Basque Country, Angulas a la cazuela is young eels warmed in a clay dish with oil, garlic, and chilli.

🇪🇸Canary Islands, Spain

Barraquito

A layered coffee drink from Tenerife with condensed milk, Licor 43, espresso, steamed milk, cinnamon, and lemon peel, served in a tall glass.

🇪🇸Basque Country, Spain

Basque Baked Anchovies

Bocartes en cazuela

In the Basque Country, Bocartes en cazuela is Cantabrian anchovies baked in earthenware with garlic and parsley.

🇪🇸Basque Country, Spain

Basque Cider

Basque cider is a naturally fermented apple drink from the Basque Country, traditionally poured from height into a wide glass.

🇪🇸Basque Country, Spain

Basque Hake

Merluza A La Vasca

Basque hake in parsley and white-wine sauce.

🇪🇸Basque Country, Spain

Basque Salt Cod in Pil-Pil Sauce

Bacalao al pil-pil

Basque salt cod emulsified in garlic-olive oil "pil-pil" sauce.

🇪🇸Basque Country, Spain

Basque Tuna Stew

Marmitako

A fisherman's stew from the Basque Country with tuna, potatoes, onions, peppers, and tomatoes, originally made aboard fishing boats.

🇪🇸Catalonia, Spain

Bauma Carrat

Bauma Carrat is a square Catalan goat cheese from Borredà with an ash-bloomed rind and a creamy paste that firms toward the centre.

🇪🇸Castile and León, Spain

Beato de Tábara Cheese

Beato de Tábara

Beato de Tábara is a cylindrical raw-goat cheese from Zamora with a thin velvety mould rind, buttery paste, and woodland aroma.

🇧🇿Northern Belize, Belize

Belizean Escabeche

Escabeche

Chicken poached in a broth heavy with vinegar, whole onions, oregano and charred habanero, served with corn tortillas to soak it up.

🇪🇸Murcia, Spain

Belmonte

Belmonte is a Murcian coffee drink strengthened with brandy and served hot in a small glass.

🇪🇸Aragon, Spain

Benabarre

Benabarre Cheese

Benabarre is an Aragonese semi-cured goat cheese hand-pressed into a squat pumpkin-like wheel, with a dense paste and grey mould rind.

🇪🇸Aragon, Spain

Benasque

Benasque is a cured Pyrenean cheese from Huesca with a compact buttery paste and a brushed brown-blue cellar rind.

🇳🇮Nicaragua

Bienmesabe

A Nicaraguan sweet cake with corn, milk, and cinnamon, a festive and daily classic

🇪🇸Castile and León, Spain

Bierzo

Bierzo is a Castile and León wine with ripe fruit, fresh acidity, and a structured mineral finish from its mountain vineyards.

🇪🇸Basque Country, Spain

Bizkaiko Txakolina

Bizkaiko Txakolina is a light Basque wine from Biscay with bright acidity, modest alcohol, and a clean, crisp finish.

🇪🇸Valencian Community, Spain

Black Rice

Arros negre

A dramatic black paella colored and flavored with squid ink, made with cuttlefish or squid and short-grain rice along the Catalan and Valencian coast.

🇪🇸Spain

Blood Sausage

Morcilla

Spanish blood sausage made with pork blood, fat, onions, and fillers like rice or breadcrumbs, with many regional varieties.

🇪🇸Valencian Community, Spain

Bollit

Bollit is a Valencian boiled-vegetable dish of potatoes, onions, carrots, and green beans, dressed with olive oil and vinegar and sometimes served with egg.

🇪🇸Andalusia, Spain

Borrachuelos

In Andalusia, Borrachuelos is Málaga pastry of wine-and-anise dough filled with sweet potato or pumpkin and fried.

🇪🇸Spain

Braised Pork Cheeks

Carrillada

Pork cheeks slow-braised in red wine or a rich sauce until meltingly tender, a popular tapa and main dish across Spain.

🇪🇸Andalusia, Spain

Brandy de Jerez

Brandy de Jerez Solera

Brandy de Jerez is a Spanish brandy from Cádiz matured in oak casks, with a warm spirit aroma and rounded finish.

🇦🇩Catalonia, Andorra

Bread with Tomato

Pa amb tomaquet

Catalonia's simplest dish: rustic bread toasted and rubbed with ripe tomato, drizzled with olive oil and salt, the foundation of Catalan meals.

🇪🇸Madrid, Spain

Broken Eggs

Huevos rotos

Fried potatoes topped with fried eggs that are cut open so the yolks run over the potatoes, often with jamon, a Madrid classic.

🇪🇸Spain

Brothy Rice

Arroz caldoso

A soupy rice dish cooked with free-range chicken, vegetables, saffron, and a picada of toasted almonds and parsley, served with plenty of broth.

🇪🇸Catalonia, Spain

Bullinada

Bullinada is a Catalan fish stew combining fish with potatoes, garlic, and saffron or paprika in a fragrant broth.

🇪🇸Castile and León, Spain

Burgos Blood Sausage

Morcilla de Burgos

The famous blood sausage from Burgos, made with rice, pork blood, onion, fat, and spices, protected by a PGI designation.

🇪🇸Murcia, Spain

Caballitos

In Murcia, Caballitos is a prawn tapa battered and fried until crisp, commonly served hot with a squeeze of lemon.

🇪🇸Asturias, Spain

Cabrales Cheese

Queso de Cabrales

An intense blue cheese from Asturias, made from raw cow, goat, and/or sheep milk, aged 3-4 months in natural limestone caves.

🇪🇸Galicia, Spain

Cachelos

Cachelos are Galician potatoes boiled in their skins and served alongside traditional dishes, retaining a firm, floury texture.

🇪🇸Asturias, Spain

Cachopo

Asturian breaded veal or pork stuffed with ham and cheese.