Galician gastronomy

GALICIAN GASTRONOMY

by Paola Abalo, Elena Bouza, Carmen Gallego and Xurxo Varela

​Universidade de Santiago de Compostela

​Galician gastronomy is very varied. It's healthy and balanced. We love it!!!!

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​Now, we are going to show you some typical meals of our region.

Enjoy it!!!

​GALICIAN OCTOPUS

​POLBO Á GALEGA / POLBO Á FEIRA

​Polbo á feira is the name of, probably, our most famous food.

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​It's elaborated with octopus slices, olive oil and paprika. Traditionally, it's served on a wood plate.

Multiple Choice

What is the correct answer about Galician octopus (Polbo á feira)?

• It can be yellow

• Normally it is accompanied by chips

• Traditionally, people hit the octopus before cooking it

• It's boiled on sea water

​GALICIAN PIE

​EMPANADA GALEGA

​It's one of the most famous meals in Galicia. It's like galician pizza. It's elaborated with dough and filled with a giant variety of ingredientes. Most famous are tuna, meat, bacon, codfish, ham...

Multiple Choice

In Galicia there are a LOT of gastronomy parties! One of the most famous parties are Empanada's party. It's celebrated in various galician towns. In what place do you think that this party is done?

• On a boat on the river

• On a disco

• Into our houses

• At open air, in the forest.

​CALDO GALEGO

​GALICIAN SOUP

It's the most healing plate on the world. If you eat it, you are able to cure all your illness!

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​It's cooked with beans, chorizo, vegetables (nabiza, grelo or cabbage) boiled on a cooking pot.

Multiple Choice

Grelos is a typical galician vegetable. It's very healthy. What image corresponds to grelos?

​PORK WITH GRELOS

​LACÓN CON GRELOS

It's a plate formed by cachelos (the name for boiled potatoes), chourizo (chorizo), grelos (vegetables) and lacón (lacon). It's covered with olive oil.

Fill in the Blanks

Lacón is the meat of... What animal?

SEAFOOD​

​Galician is known for its seafood. It's so typical here! Some examples of typical seafood are:

​- Barnacles (percebes)

​- Crabs (nécores)

​- Spider crabs (centolas)

​- Mussels (mexilóns)

​- Clams (ameixas)

​- Scallops (vieiras)

Multiple Choice

When you eat barnacles (percebes), the eadible part with we suck is...

• The barnacle's tail

• The barnacle's penis

• The barnacle's legs

• The barnacle's body

​QUEIMADA

​QUEIMADA

​Alcoholic drink elaborated in Galicia to eat after dinner, at midnight.

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​In this link you can see the Queimada recipe.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ou5Fa10N3Z8&ab_channel=V%C3%ADdeosBos

Multiple Choice

While we are drinking Queimada, traditionally...

• We dance a muiñeira, traditional galician dance

• We kiss and hug one another

• We recite an incantation that is called conxuro

• We put coins on the queimada, like Fontana di Trevi

Multiple Choice

Normally, where we keep Licorca (the common name for coffee liquor here) in our houses?

• In the fridge

• In the freezer

• In the storehouse

• In the microwave

​PEMENTOS DE PADRÓN

​PADRON PEPPERS

Chilli on Mexico... and Padron peppers on Galicia!

​It's our most famous peppers. The way to cook it is so simply: put them on a pan with olive oil and fried it. When you finish, put salt above them and enjoy the meal!

Multiple Choice

Pimientos of PADRÓN. Why Padrón?

• Means 'the best peppers' in galician language

• Padrón is the original town of Padrón peppers.

• It's invented by Leonardo di Padroni

​LICOR CAFÉ

​COFFEE LIQUOR

​It's other famous alcoholic drink. It's so strong! If you drink more than you must, you'll get drunk.

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​https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=smvzFu20rt8&ab_channel=GaliciaExquisita (elaboration process)

​FILLOAS

​GALICIAN CREPES

​It's our most famous dessert. Filloas are like galician crepes.

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Multiple Choice

Filloas can be eaten all the year, but it's common to cook it on a special date. What?

• Carnival (Entroido)

• Christmas (Nadal)

• Halloween (Samaín)

• Easter (Pascua)

​TARTA DE SANTIAGO

​SANTIAGO'S CAKE

​Santiago's cake it's a typical dessert of the capital of our region, Santiago de Compostela.

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​It's cooked with eggs, sugar, lemon zest, cinnamon and a little of schnapps.

Multiple Choice

Santiago's cake is also recognized for this shield that seems like a cross. What it means?

• It's a sword that simbolize the object with we cut the cake

• It's a traditional galician symbol that seems peace

• It's the cross of Santiago's apostle.

Open Ended

WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT OUR GASTRONOMY?

WHAT MEAL DO YOU WANT TO TRY?

TELL US!!

ATA LOGO! A PRESTO! SEE YOU SOON!

​THANK YOU! GRAZIE MILLE!

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​Paola Abalo

​Elena Bouza

​Carmen Gallego

​Xurxo Varela