The Ultimate Tapas Guide

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A selection of delicious tapas

The Ultimate Tapas Guide

Sometimes tapas menus can be confusing, especially when they bad or no English translations. Here is our Ultimate Tapas Guide List of the most common tapas served in Andalucia:

 

 

  • Bomba de patatas - "bombs" of potato filled with meat
  • Gazpacho - a cold tomato soup
  • Salmorejo - Gazpacho cream
  • Patatas bravas - fried potatoes with a spicy tomato sauce
  • Ensalada de pulpo - Octopus salad
  • Montaditos - small sándwich rolls
  • Huevos rellenos - "deviled eggs", stuffed eggs
  • Champiñones / setas al ajillo - garlic mushrooms
  • Solomillo en salsa pimiento - pieces of steak in peppercorn sauce
  • Salchicha en vino - small sausages in wine
  • Chorizo a la sidra - chorizo in cider
  • Pimientos de padrón - Padrón peppers fried in olive oil and coarse salt
  • Pinchitos - meat or vegetable brochettes (on a stick)
  • Espinachas con garbanzos - spinach with chickpeas
  • Jamon serrano - cured ham
  • Calamares a la romana - deep-fried squid rings in batter
  • Pescaíto frito - a dish of mixed pieces of deep-fried fish

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